Bewildering World

In this sequel to You Will Never Be the Same, Michael Raship tells the story of his life from age 22 to 35.

"When I graduated from college in 1983, my goal in life was to somehow turn myself into a different sort of person, into the person I believed I was meant to be—a world traveler, a successful writer of science fiction and fantasy, an openly gay man facing the world with a boyfriend at his side.

"On the long road that headed in the direction of that new and different person, I moved to London and then to Boston and San Francisco. I made lifelong friends. I tried to break through the barriers, both personal and social, that walled me off from other people, so that I could get to know the secret worlds inside their heads. My travels took me to India, Southeast Asia, Madagascar, and West Africa. At the low point of a year when I had all but given up on the possibility of happiness, I unexpectedly found a home for myself at last on the far side of the world, in Bangkok."

Michael Raship

Bewildering World is a tale of perseverance and failure as well as occasional, lucky success. The book should appeal to any reader who grew up knowing that the world was beautiful but despaired of ever finding a place for themselves within that beautiful world.