The Book


You Can’t Buy Love Like That:
Growing Up Gay in the 60s.

By: Carol E. Anderson


How do you live an authentic life while keeping a secret? This is Carol Anderson’s struggle throughout her award-winning debut memoir.

Carol grew up in an era when being gay was against the law in most states, and in opposition to cultural and religious mores throughout society. Fearing rejection, she hid the truth from her loving Christian parents and from others significant in her life. The cost was a painful emotional distance that could not be bridged for years.

Thanks to the feminist movement, she found the freedom to love whomever she chooses and the courage to come out to her mother after her father’s death. The news was received with both love and reservation, and, ultimately, acceptance. Carol’s deep respect for her parents, and theirs for her, shines through her own confusion and
struggle to be true to herself.

This memoir allows people to experience the complex, invisible dynamics that arise for those forced to cover up a part of themselves to survive. It also provides life lessons for anyone hiding a core and frightening truth about themselves.

Candid and poignant, You Can’t Buy Love Like That celebrates the hard-won rewards of finding one’s courageous heart and achieving self-acceptance and self-love.

Buy this book if you are seeking inspiration to live a more authentic life or if you are looking for a great story about the triumph of love over fear told with humor and compassion.



Book Awards

1st Place

Nonfiction Author’s
Gold Winner
Personal Triumph

National Indie Excellence Awards
Sponsor’s Choice

Book Excellence
Winner
LGBTQ Nonfiction

Independent Press
Winner
LGBTQ

Independent Author Network
Book of The Year
Outstanding Nonfiction

Pinnacle Books
Winner
Best Gay Memoir

Royal Dragonfly
1st Place
LGBTQ

Author’s Show
Top Female Author
Bio/Memoir

2nd/3rd Place

Readers Views - Memoir 2nd ✦ Royal Dragonfly— Memoir 2nd ✦ Independent Author—3rd
Living Now — Inspirational Memoir 3rd

Finalist

Readers Favorite — Social Issues ✦ May Sarton — Memoir ✦ Best Book — Best New Nonfiction
✦ Best Book — LGBTQ ✦ Next Gen. Indie — Memoir ✦ International Book — LGBTQ
Independent Author — Fiction and Nonfiction

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