![]() ![]() ![]() Wright didn’t start telling friends and family she was a lesbian until just a few years ago, though she’d had an emotionally bumptious, soul-destroying relationship with another closeted woman for many years. If you’re not a country music fan, and don’t have any idea who Chely Wright is – well, this is still quite a coming-out achievement, more poignant than self-pitying, sometimes appealingly candid (the author calls out Brad Paisley for his callousness) and infused overall with both grace and humility. If you’re a country music fan, this is something of a big-deal coming-out memoir, akin to what it meant for queer swimmers and divers to learn that Greg Louganis was a sister back in the ’90s. Pantheon Books, 288 pages, $25.95 hardcover. “Like Me: Confessions of a Heartland Country Singer,” by Chely Wright. ![]()
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