Just As I Am, E. Lynn Harris
Just As I Am, E. Lynn Harris
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Just As I Am

Author: E. Lynn Harris

Narrator: Adenrele Ojo, Mirron Willis

Unabridged: 14 hr 34 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 05/11/2010


Synopsis

E. Lynn Harris's blend of rich, romantic  storytelling and controversial contemporary issues like  race and bisexuality have found an enthusiastic and  diverse audience across America. Readers celebrate  the arrival in paperback of his second novel,  Just As I Am, which picks up where  Invisible Life left off,  introducing Harris's appealing and authentic characters to a  new set of joys, conflicts, and choices. Raymond,  a young black lawyer from the South, struggles to  come to terms with his sexuality and with the grim  reality of AIDS. Nicole, an aspiring  singer/actress, experiences frustration in both her career and  in her attempts to find a genuine love  relationship. Both characters share an eclectic group of  friends who challenge them, and the reader, to look at  themselves and the world around thern through  different eyes. By portraying Nicole's and Raymond's  joys, as well as their pain, Harris never ceases to  remind us that life, like love, is about  self-acceptance. In this vivid portrait of contemporary  black life, with all its pressures and the  complications of bisexuality, AIDS, and racism, Harris  confirms a faith in the power of love -- love of all  kinds -- to thrill and to heal, which will warm the  hearts of readers everywhere.

About The Author

E. LYNN HARRIS is a nine-time New York Times bestselling author. His work includes the memoir, What Becomes of the Brokenhearted, and the novels I Say a Little Prayer, A Love of My Own, Just as I Am, Any Way the Wind Blows, If This World Were Mine, and the classic Invisible Life. Harris divides his time between Atlanta, Georgia, and Fayetteville, Arkansas, home of his beloved college football team The Razorbacks.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Diana on June 27, 2015

I have read this book countless times but something made me read it again and I'm glad I did! The characters in this book represent many issues that Lesbians and Gay people have to deal with now... And this book is so old lol! I love the some of the catch phrases that are just now becoming popular l......more

Goodreads review by V on May 02, 2012

This was the book that made me want to read E. Lynn Harris' work. Most people will see this as a book about AIDS but it is so much more. It is about relationships simple, complicated, kind and true. If I should be ill an dfacing death as Kyle, I want a Raymond Tyler. Raymond has his faults but his l......more

Goodreads review by Kenya on October 21, 2013

I read this long ago. This is one of the best African American M/M series ever! At the time, it was pretty much the first.......more

Goodreads review by Lauren on March 16, 2016

E. Lynn's best work.......more

Goodreads review by Wanda on January 22, 2024

I listened to the audiobook. It has been a long time since I read E. Lynn Harris, but I’m clearing out my “want to read” list so hello Old friend! Listening to this book was like taking a time machine back to a time before people had cell phones and internet. There were so many mentions of listening......more


Quotes

"Just As I Am more than delivers on  the promise of Invisible Life.  Harris gives his readers a refreshing view of  African-American achievement, a touching  characterization of a man living with AIDS, and a sensitive  depiction of gay/straight friendships that is much  to be hoped for in the world outside the book's  pages." -- The Atlanta Journal Constitution.