Dreamboy My Life as a QVC Host & Other Greatest Hits

by Dale Guy Madison

DREAMBOY tells the story of Dale Guy Madison s dream. It is an amazing journey of self-discovery, struggles, successes and redemption. Dale takes the reader from his childhood growing up in Portsmouth Virginia, the middle child of a divorced military father and farm girl mother to his early adult years in Baltimore Maryland struggling with relationships and sexuality. In 1991 Madison was selected in a nation wide search to be a host on the QVC shopping network. This lead to a certain kind of fame he was seeking and an involvement in the entertainment industry that limited his career choices. Filled with unapologetic frankness, humor and amazing trivia, Madison s play on words really come alive by using Diana Ross, The Supremes, and DREAMGIRLS as a comparative metaphor to express his life's experience. DREAMBOY is a story that appeals to audiences on many levels. How many times have we heard a song and it reminds us of something that happened in our lives? Madison faces obstacles and turns them successes. Being born black, gay, and in a single family household, Dale has dreams of being successful like his idols, the Supremes. He survives abusive relationships and makes a name for himself locally in Baltimore and eventually nationally, albeit home shopping. Madison re-invents himself and gains another level of fame as an actor in drag. He moves to Los Angeles and discovers more about himself, but never loses the passion for life and his love for the music that is the soundtrack of his life. Tennessee Williams quotes in The Glass Menagerie In memory everything seems to happen to music. Dreamboy takes that to heart. DREAMBOY takes us on a life journey filled with wonderful musical memories.

327 pages, Hardcover

First published July 17, 2009

Reviews

[Breeze · Rating 5 out of 5]

A little bias on this one, written by one of the my BFF's, but even still... it kicks ass! Funny, sad, scary, inspirational... you get the full gamut of emotions here.