For the Ferryman

<p>Dr. Charles Silverstein has made a habit of breaking down barriers. He successfully persuaded the American Psychiatric Association to remove homosexuality as a mental illness in 1973. With Edmund White he co-authored the landmark publication<em> The Joy of Gay Sex</em> in 1977. He was awarded a Gold Medal for Lifetime Achievement in the Practice of Psychology in 2011.</p><p>In his stunning memoir <em>For the Ferryman</em> we share his life's joys and sorrows professionally and personally. It's not just a tour of the political events of gay activism it is a love story of the extraordinary twenty-year relationship the author shared with William Bory. As Reverend John J McNeil puts it: It is a memorial to a love affair which relentlessly and courageously analyzes the neurotic wounds in both their lives that led to their loving partnership with all its ups and downs an extraordinary faithful love that persevered to the end.</p><p>A compelling read written in a disarming style which conveys the passion and sometime sorrow of a life richly lived - <em>For the Ferryman</em> rewards the reader with an afterglow which long sits in one's heart. This second edition has been updated for a 2022 release.</p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Charles Silverstein has written a memoir about the great love of his life - an eccentric androgynous genius whom Charles adored and cared for despite all his flaws and addictions. Most writers idealize their lovers especially if they've died young but Silverstein presents his William with all his charm and sexual allure and intellectual brilliance - and all his maddening faults. I wept at the end of this brave honest book - and I suspect you will too. - </span><em style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Edmund White</em></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>From his Brooklyn childhood to his climactic gay-Scott and Zelda relationship Silverstein's For the Ferryman is a searing unafraid and indelible self-portrait of a distinguished and amazing life. Not the coolly calculated look-back we might have expected but instead a roller-coaster ride of emotion recollected in anything but tranquility. - </span><em style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Felice Picano</em></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Detailed unflinching and unrepentantly honest this memoir is both personal in scope and universal in relevance. - </span><em style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Jerry Wheeler Out in Print</em></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Silverstein takes no liberties hides no truths glosses over no details and is candid in a way that could make Larry Flint blush. </span><em style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>For The Ferryman</em><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)> uniquely blends the early years of the gay struggle for liberation and AIDS with the simple life of two men in love. - </span><em style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Joe Franco Windy City Times</em></p>