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Mafia Hairdresser Was Based on a True Story | Jon-David

Mafia Hairdresser Was Based on a True Story | Jon-David

by adminJD | Sep 19, 2026 | Mafia Hairdresser, Memoir & Life Stories

For years I called Mafia Hairdresser fiction. That was convenient. It was also safer. The truth is that most of the insanity in that book really happened to me. Jon-David, author of Mafia Hairdresser, reflecting on the true story behind his novel. Mafia Hairdresser...
The Price of Reinventing Yourself: What I Lost While Becoming Someone Else

The Price of Reinventing Yourself: What I Lost While Becoming Someone Else

by adminJD | Sep 19, 2026 | Family & Relationships, Personal Growth

Sometimes reinventing yourself changes your life. Sometimes it costs you something you don’t understand until decades later. The Price of Reinventing Yourself: What I Lost While Becoming Someone Else I reinvented myself when I was fifteen years old. And I was...
Parents and Dreams: Rock Hudson, Elizabeth Taylor & Me

Parents and Dreams: Rock Hudson, Elizabeth Taylor & Me

by adminJD | Sep 18, 2026 | Memoir & Life Stories, Personal Growth

My mother taught me to love Hollywood. She just never really believed I’d become part of it. Parents and Dreams: Rock Hudson, Elizabeth Taylor & Me My mother taught me to love Hollywood. She just never really believed I’d become part of it. My mother loved movie...
Coming Out to My Parents—When Everyone Already Knew I Was Gay

Coming Out to My Parents—When Everyone Already Knew I Was Gay

by adminJD | Sep 18, 2026 | Family & Relationships, Memoir & Life Stories

What if the lowest point in your life became the beginning of your greatest personal transformation? Coming Out of the Closet I Apparently Wasn’t In Coming Out to My Parents—When Everyone Already Knew I Was Gay I was terrified to tell my mother I was gay. There was...
Childhood Survival Skills That Hurt Us as Adults

Childhood Survival Skills That Hurt Us as Adults

by adminJD | Sep 18, 2026 | Family & Relationships, Personal Growth

The Lies That Save Us—and the Lies That Eventually Own Us I learned to lie as a child. At seventeen, I learned something much more dangerous: sometimes lying works. Childhood Survival Skills That Hurt Us as Adults I have been a liar. There. That’s an excellent way to...
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