Our next guest can best be summed up as a Survivor.
James Mercer says he grew up thinking he was a ‘mistake.’ He says his father was an alcoholic and homophobic, and denied him as his son because he is gay.
He channeled his hurt and anger into letters he wrote to Oprah Winfrey.
Those letters are now in his book, “Secrets and Shame – Dear Oprah Diaries.”