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JAMES PAULEY, JR.
James Pauley Jr. is an LGBTQ+ memoir author who shares heartwarming, humorous stories about friendship, travel, and life’s unexpected adventures. His books, An Unconditional Friendship and Bumpy Rides & Soft Landings, offer relatable tales of resilience, personal growth, and the power of human connection. Through authentic storytelling and vivid, real-life experiences, James invites readers to find laughter and meaning in everyday moments.
An Unconditional Friendship
Messages from a Colorful Granny and An Off-Color Gay Guy
After 9/11, an unlikely friendship blossomed between septuagenarian Charlene, married with a large family, and Jim, a younger gay man with a long-term partner, who was working as a flight attendant. Their global emails sparked a friendship filled with joy, hope, laughter, and occasional tears.
Bumpy Rides & Soft Landings
Stories of Coming Out, Flying High, and Not Learning to Play the Piano
Since the late 1970s, James Pauley, Jr. has been jet-setting around the world as a flight attendant. During his time on this planet and in the skies, he's pretty much seen and heard it all. In Bumpy Rides and Soft Landings, Pauley chronicles his life--both in the air and on the ground--one meaningful adventure after another.
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