If you've ever seen the newer TV game show "I've Got a Secret," you probably recognize the guy on the cover of this book, Going the Other Way (796.357 BEA in the biography section). In case your not familiar with the show, it's a remake of the old classic where four panelists try to guess the secret talent. Billy Bean plays it "straight" compared to the other panelists.
In Billy Bean's autobiography, Going the Other Way, he writes about his personal field of dreams. He was able to spend many years earning a living in baseball. He earned the nickname "Roy Hobbs" by his teammates. There was one secret that he had which could ruin his career. He was a gay man working in a brutally anti-gay world. He kept his life hidden for many years, "dating" women to keep his cover. He even married, thinking this would solve his problems. Of course, anyone who has known
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