Seeing Through the Glass Darkly

A Life Well-Lived Despite the Odds...John Garlick was born with the deck stacked against him: the youngest of six children born to a metis family of Irish French and Chippewa Indian in a small town in Montana where classism and racism were alive and well. In addition to these disadvantages John was gay...and there was no place in this world for a gay man. As John learned to navigate a world where bullying and prejudice never stopped he also learned about his own incredible strengths as a compassionate caregiver as a musician and as a man who was able to maintain balance and perspective through self-discipline humor and the ability to both give and receive the deepest and most lasting kinds of love. This candid intelligent and insightful memoir is a testament to what one person can accomplish by staying true to principles of integrity and hope for change even in circumstances that seem impossible.