Like thousands of young and not-so-young men before him, Barry Lowe ran away. He ran from exhaustion of keeping a secret life from his family and friends. He ran from the fear of disappointing his parents and facing their wrath. He ran from the rejection of the first man he dared to love. He ran from the sickening smells and sounds of the funeral home where he had been raised. But most of all, he ran as fast as he could from the body of his wife on the embalming table. He knew the time had passed when he could hide the truth of who he was. In All The Silent Manliness is the story of Barry...

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