Naturally Tan - Rambling Readers

Hardcover, 288 pages

Published June 4, 2019 by St. Martin's Press.

ISBN:: 978-1-250-20866-8
OCLC Number:: 1089261871

(1 review)

"THIS BOOK IS MEANT TO SPREAD JOY, PERSONAL ACCEPTANCE, AND MOST OF ALL UNDERSTANDING. Each of us is living our own private journey, and the more we know about each other, the healthier and happier the world will be." --TAN FRANCE

In this heartfelt, funny, touching memoir, Tan France tells his own story for the first time. With his trademark wit, humor, and radical compassion, Tan reveals what it was like to grow up gay in a traditional Muslin family, as one of the few people of South Yorkshire, England. He illuminates his winding journey of coming of age, finding his voice (and style!), and marrying the love of his life--a Mormon cowboy from Salt Lake City.

Fashion and compassion make the man.

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Review of 'Naturally Tan' on 'Goodreads'

3 stars

This book was not really for me. I'm glad I read it. Learning more about his life was really interesting and, as always, I highly recommend the audiobook for this because hearing it in his own voice was cool. What I didn't love was the style advice. Mostly because I don't really enjoy most style advice. I'm a big fan of "fuck the rules. If you like it, wear it. It'll be great" and find hard and fast rules like "this is never a good look" to be absurd. BUT people looking for style advice would find that really helpful. I could definitely do with far less of men (including queer men) telling women how much sexier modesty is. There's a point when he mentions that dressing in a certain way just because men like it isn't great, but then follows it up with what he thinks women should wear …

This book was not really for me. I'm glad I read it. Learning more about his life was really interesting and, as always, I highly recommend the audiobook for this because hearing it in his own voice was cool. What I didn't love was the style advice. Mostly because I don't really enjoy most style advice. I'm a big fan of "fuck the rules. If you like it, wear it. It'll be great" and find hard and fast rules like "this is never a good look" to be absurd. BUT people looking for style advice would find that really helpful. I could definitely do with far less of men (including queer men) telling women how much sexier modesty is. There's a point when he mentions that dressing in a certain way just because men like it isn't great, but then follows it up with what he thinks women should wear so ¯_(ツ)_/¯

tldr: if you like style advice and Tan France this may be the book for you. If you find style advice judgmental maybe skip that part, but his story is interesting.