A Memoir of Co-dependency

Terry Oldes

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Dancing with Tina is the heartwarming and inspiring account of one man’s struggles with sexual identity, co-dependency and crystal meth. This very personal and sometimes graphic account covers two adventurous years in his life. The story traces the diverse relationships and friendships impacted by a drug that is horrifically affecting this nation’s gay community.

Terry Oldes tells this story in an honest and humorous manner that will hopefully motivate those who have never used crystal meth to not pick it up and inspire those who are currently using to find hope at a time when it is difficult to see.

Written as a conversational, first person narrative, readers will find DANCING WITH TINA both personal and disturbing.  This book will interest anyone who has “Danced with Tina” or known someone who has.

Book Reviews: “Terry uses considerable wit and common sense to tell this funny and fierce story that shines light down some very dark alleys…”       - OutFront Colorado “Told with heart-wrenching detail fused with humor and ultimately, inspiration”       -Gay and Lesbian Times

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Terry Oldes is a writer living in Chicago, Illinois. His diverse and curious adventures in life have taken him from Des Moines, Iowa, where he grew up the adopted son of a rural family, to New York City, where he graduated from the American Musical and Dramatic Academy and on to Nashville, TN as a singer/songwriter.

     A former Mr. Gay Iowa, he has lived in Chicago since 1996. He's passionate about American History, hiking the National Parks, Westerns, Bel Canto Opera, Motown, MGM and Ethel Mertz.

He has recently finished his second book, "A Barrel Full of Monkeys -or-(More Baggage Than Ann Miller Brought on the Love Boat)". Terry is currently writing a work of fiction entitled "Buh-Bye" and also his fourth book, “A Home In the Meadow”, a study of America’s National Parks.

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