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Transparent ReviewI bought this book because I wanted to know more about someone I first came to "know" as a viewer when he worked at KTVI Channel 2 in St. Louis, and later met at an event I was involved in. I already knew he was great at his job, as his reporting and anchoring always had both grit and polish, something I appreciated. But what always intrigued me is that there seemed to be more to the man than met the eye, something that made him approachable and distant at the same time. It's a mystique we in the world outside of the box we place television journalists in revel, and where we don't know them well we fill that box with all kinds of ideas, projections and possibilities that eventually turns each of the people we welcome into our living rooms into nothing more than an image; not a flesh-and-blood human being.
With "Transparent", Lemon proves he is a full-on human being, lumps and all. Laying out a story that begins in youth and takes us along through adulthood via personal experiences, career progressions and internal thoughts and decisions, Lemon puts flesh on the bones of his backstory and infuses this very personal biography with sense of honesty that higlights his very human need to know what we all want to know: that we matter.
There are lessons here focused on a variety of subjects, from race, to politics, to individual self-worth. And the lessons are powerful and relatable on a number of levels. Pay attention and you'll understand that Don Lemon the journalist was made possible because Don Lemon the man lived the life he lived. Spend some time learning about where he grew up, how he grew up and what he learned about truth and secrets early-on, and you'll never again look at someone like Lemon, who on the surface appears to have it all, and assume that their life, as it appears to be, was reached via a crystal stair. Like all of us, he's been loved, known uncertainty, been damaged, and grown resilient in the course of a life filled with moments of joy and a history pain.
Early attention about the book focused on but one element of his journey, and an easy one, at that: his sexuality. Perhaps many will purchase the book because they're expecting a revelation that's raw and elemental, feeding into America's obsession with who is having sex with whom. If they do purchase it for that reason, they'll be disappointed. Lemon addresses the topic but doesn't linger on it, and with good reason: it's just part of his story. It's an important part, mind you, but so are the other parts throughout the book that don't have anything to do with sexuality. And that's the point: Lemon's revelations about his life are not limited to the obvious. Everything he writes about is a virtual peeling back of the layers that make him who he is, and helps the reader understand why so much of his history wouldn't be apparent if he'd decided not to be transparent about it.
I appreciate the way he's gone about sharing his journey so far. I'm inspired by the drive he's always shown in pursuing his career and achieving what many told him was impossible. I'm encouraged to know that he has faced his demons and freed himself of of the burdens of social expectation by refusing to give anyone else a stick with which to hit him over the head. And I am thankful he chose to write this biography, for while it may be his story, it's also one we all--to one degree or another--share.
"Transparent" is just that, especially given that the person writing it is still alive and very much in the public eye. Lemon knew the risks the book requires he take, but he wrote it anyway. In interviews he's been routinely asked about those risks, in fact. But having read "Transparent", I don't see the risks being focused on what so many of us may think they will be. No, the real risk in writing the book lies in whether folks will accept its call to live in truth, whatever that truth may be, despite how people think or feel about it. Let's face it, we Americans are the great pretenders and have perfected a role-playing culture of social convention and mores that embraces virtually anything and everything but truth.
I for one, am a proponent of more transparency for everyone, especially given how Lemon has thoughtfully and obviously proven what's possible when we choose truth over secrets, and life over lies.Transparent Overview

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