IndieReader Discovery Award for LGBTQ+ Non-Fiction
A horrifying childhood. A devastating disease. In his darkest despair, he finally found hope…
Lewis Kempfer nearly destroyed himself searching for something that would make him happy. His battle with self-hatred began with physical and psychological abuse from the trusted male adults in his life and continued into adulthood when the church rejected him for being gay. Traumatized and suicidal, his only salvation came from getting himself on stage.
Moving from city to city in search of fame and love, he lands in the dog-eat-dog-world of Hollywood showbiz. But a terrifying diagnosis casts a dark shadow on a promising Tinseltown career, and he falls into a downward spiral of dangerous liaisons and hardcore drug addiction. It will take a near-death overdose in his blackest hour to find strength from the last place he ever expected...
Don’t Mind Me, I’m Just Having a Bad Life is a raw, rapid-fire account of one man’s frightening journey to self-acceptance. From dicey sex clubs to crystal meth motels, Lewis holds nothing back in this bittersweet tell-all. His emotional tale of love, loss, and redemption will move anyone who’s ever felt alienated or outcast.
Don’t Mind Me, I’m Just Having a Bad Life is a shockingly candid true-life story. If you like authentic narratives, stories of triumph, and surmounting the challenges of being LGBTQ, then you’ll be enthralled by Lewis Kempfer’s riveting memoir.
Recipient of 2021 Gold Award from Literary Titan
Recipient of 2020 Silver Medal for Autobiography from Readers' Favorite
Honorary Mention from 2019 Writer's Digest Self-Published eBook Comptetion
Language
English
Pages
475
Format
Kindle Edition
Release
September 09, 2019
Don't Mind Me, I'm Just Having a Bad Life: A Memoir
IndieReader Discovery Award for LGBTQ+ Non-Fiction
A horrifying childhood. A devastating disease. In his darkest despair, he finally found hope…
Lewis Kempfer nearly destroyed himself searching for something that would make him happy. His battle with self-hatred began with physical and psychological abuse from the trusted male adults in his life and continued into adulthood when the church rejected him for being gay. Traumatized and suicidal, his only salvation came from getting himself on stage.
Moving from city to city in search of fame and love, he lands in the dog-eat-dog-world of Hollywood showbiz. But a terrifying diagnosis casts a dark shadow on a promising Tinseltown career, and he falls into a downward spiral of dangerous liaisons and hardcore drug addiction. It will take a near-death overdose in his blackest hour to find strength from the last place he ever expected...
Don’t Mind Me, I’m Just Having a Bad Life is a raw, rapid-fire account of one man’s frightening journey to self-acceptance. From dicey sex clubs to crystal meth motels, Lewis holds nothing back in this bittersweet tell-all. His emotional tale of love, loss, and redemption will move anyone who’s ever felt alienated or outcast.
Don’t Mind Me, I’m Just Having a Bad Life is a shockingly candid true-life story. If you like authentic narratives, stories of triumph, and surmounting the challenges of being LGBTQ, then you’ll be enthralled by Lewis Kempfer’s riveting memoir.
Recipient of 2021 Gold Award from Literary Titan
Recipient of 2020 Silver Medal for Autobiography from Readers' Favorite
Honorary Mention from 2019 Writer's Digest Self-Published eBook Comptetion