I read this in a digital version. Nice clean art and beautifully laid-out for a graphical presentation.\u00a0 I knew that George Takei had a history of activism in California, but this book goes over all of his biography. The through-line is having to hide his homosexuality for a large part of his life.<\/p>\n
It’s a bit of a spoiler to say that his brother didn’t accept that he was gay. I found this to be the most emotional part of the book.\u00a0 I enjoyed reading how he met and fell in love with his husband.<\/p>\n
“It’s easy to hate from afar.”\u00a0 George has done a lot in his lifetime to ease the hate.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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