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You Gotta Be You Audiobook Summary

YOU ARE ENOUGH EXACTLY AS YOU ARE.
From the time we’re born, a litany of do’s and don’ts are placed on us by our families, our communities, and society. We’re required to fit into boxes based on our race, gender, sexuality, and other parts of our identities, being told by others how we should behave, who we should date, or what we should be interested in. For so many of us, those boxes begin to feel like shackles when we realize they don’t fit our unique shape, yet we keep trying because we crave acceptance and validation. But is “fitting in” worth the time, energy, and suffering? Actor, writer, and activist Brandon Kyle Goodman says, Hell no it ain’t!
As a Black nonbinary, queer person in a dark-skinned 6’1″, 180-pound male body born into a religious immigrant household, Brandon knows the pain of having to hide one’s true self, the work of learning to love that true self, and the freedom of finally being your true self.
In You Gotta Be You, Brandon affectionately challenges you to consider, “Who would I be if society never got its hands on me?” This question set Brandon on a mission to dropkick societal shackles by unlearning all the things he was told he should be in order to step into who he really is. It required him to reexamine messy but ultimately defining moments in his life–his first time being followed in a store, navigating his mother’s born-again Christian faith, and regretfully using soap as lube (yes, you read that right!)–to find the lessons that would guide him to his most authentic self.
Compassionate and soulful, funny and revealing, You Gotta Be You is an unapologetic call to self-freedom. It’s about turning rejection (from others and yourself) into a roadmap to self-love. It’s a guide to setting boundaries and fostering self-growth. And most importantly, it’s an affirmation that we are enough exactly as we are.

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You Gotta Be You Audiobook Narrator

Brandon Kyle Goodman is the narrator of You Gotta Be You audiobook that was written by Brandon Kyle Goodman

About the Author(s) of You Gotta Be You

Brandon Kyle Goodman is the author of You Gotta Be You

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You Gotta Be You Full Details

Narrator Brandon Kyle Goodman
Length 6 hours 17 minutes
Author Brandon Kyle Goodman
Category
Publisher Hachette Audio
Release date September 27, 2022
ISBN 9781549139406

Subjects

The publisher of the You Gotta Be You is Hachette Audio. includes the following subjects: The BISAC Subject Code is Biography & Autobiography, Rich & Famous

Additional info

The publisher of the You Gotta Be You is Hachette Audio. The imprint is Legacy Lit. It is supplied by Hachette Audio. The ISBN-13 is 9781549139406.

Global Availability

This book is only available in the United States.

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