A young boy—confused by his attraction to other boys and convinced he’ll never grow up and marry—is pulled into a vortex of denial, an inverted world where love is hate, attraction is envy, and childhood never ends. Jonathan Rauch’s memoir of self-discovery is a gripping evocation of self-torment and the redemptive power of marriage. 

“A wrenching story that all of us, gay or not, can appreciate, Denial shows what it is like to be ‘different’ in a world that demands sameness.” —Dale Carpenter, author of Flagrant Conduct: The Story of Lawrence v. Texas