I processed a lot of emotions during the year I wrote my memoir “Wild Dances: My Queer and Curious Journey to Eurovision.” Grief, regret, resentment, guilt — it was a frequently bitter cocktail. I thought I’d fully digested all of it. But then I spent 20 hours in a tiny recording booth reading my book out loud to a stranger, who spoke to me through a headset in another room, occasionally whispering, “Are you OK to continue?”
All of that to say: Please forgive the whimpers and warbles in my audiobook, which is out now. It’s available on Audible, Apple and wherever else you get your audiobooks. Link in bio.
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You can hear a sample below and another on Amazon.
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Praise for “Wild Dances”
📣 “A page-turning, tragicomic memoir . . . By ingeniously weaving improbable and conflicting forces that make up his personal history, Adams affirms a resilient idea of home that yearns to transcend space and time.”
— Thúy Đinh, NPR
📣 “A breathtaking and beautifully written book: it’s lodged itself in my heart.”
— Nigella Lawson
📣 “A revealing memoir about surviving childhood trauma to embrace the prismatic rainbow of chosen family.”
— Kirkus Reviews
📣 “An unlikely whirlwind…nothing about William Lee Adams’s heartfelt journey is predictable.”
— Mickey Rapkin, author of Pitch Perfect
📣 “A pitch-perfect piece of autobiographical storytelling, a love song to the inspirational power of pop and the enduring resilience of queer kids with big dreams.”
— Kai Cheng Thom, author of Falling Back In Love With Being Human: Letters to Lost Souls
📣 “An amazing true story more fascinating than fiction…How Adams handles his life’s outrageous challenges — with dignity and courage — will lift your heart. A courageous story well told.”
— David Crow, author of The Pale-Faced Lie
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