{"product_id":"the-end-of-innocence-a-memoir","title":"The End of Innocence: A Memoir","description":"\u003cp\u003eFor the first time  Chastity Bono shares the moving story of her early adulthood: how her traumatic tabloid outing as the openly gay daughter of Sonny and Cher threatened her burgeoning musical career  and how her first true love was taken from her by cancer. At an early age  Chastity survived challenges many of us never face. A story of love won and lost  of dreams fulfilled and destroyed  The End of Innocence is a coming-of-age story that provides a deeply personal look into the private struggles of a very public and courageous woman. Chastity Bono was first known as the daughter of Sonny Bono and Cher  when she made appearances on her parents TV show  The Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour. She established her own identity after coming out on the cover of The Advocate in 1995 and went on to become a reporter for the magazine. Since then  shes worked as the 1996 National Coming Out Projects spokesperson for the HRC. From 1997 to 1998  she was the Entertainment -Media Director for GLAAD. She is also the author of the bestselling Family Outing and continues to lecture around the country. Michele Kort is an award-winning journalist whose writing has appeared in the Los Angeles Times Magazine  L.A. Weekly  Shape  Redbook  Self and The Advocate. A Los Angeles resident  she is also the author of Soul Picnic: The Music and Passion of Laura Nyro.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44950274113589,"sku":"ByrdShop_1555837956","price":59.92,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9781555837952.jpg?v=1770103793","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-end-of-innocence-a-memoir","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}