After months and months of fiction for our BOTM feature, for September, we’ve taken a different tack, and selected a memoir. It’s due out in just over a month so still plenty of time to preorder, if you find it’s of interest to you. So take a look, and let us know!
Related: Don’t forget all releases can be found in our monthly lists here.
A Tale of Two Omars
Omar Sharif Jr.
Rep: memoir
CWs: homophobia, abuse, attempted suicide, sex trafficking
Release date: 5th October 2021
The grandson of Hollywood royalty on his father’s side and Holocaust survivors on his mother’s, Omar Sharif Jr. learned early on how to move between worlds, from the Montreal suburbs to the glamorous orbit of his grandparents’ Cairo. His famous name always protected him wherever he went. When, in the wake of the Arab Spring, he made the difficult decision to come out in the pages of The Advocate, he knew his life would forever change. What he didn’t expect was the backlash that followed.
From bullying, to illness, attempted suicide, becoming a victim of sex trafficking, death threats by the thousands, revolution and never being able to return to a country he once called home, Omar Sharif Jr. has overcome more challenges than one might imagine. Drawing on the lessons he learned from both sides of his family, A Tale of Two Omars charts the course of an iconoclastic life, revealing in the process the struggles and successes that attend a public journey of self-acceptance and a life dedicated in service to others.
You might like this if…
…you want to read more nonfiction.
…you’re looking for memoirs to read.
…you’re interested in LGBT experiences outside of the west.
