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Actress and playwright Tina Alexis Allen's audacious memoir unravels her privileged suburban Catholic upbringing that was designed by her formidable dad - a guy whose strict religious devotion and dedication to his large family hid his true character and a life described by deep secrets and dangerous lays. The youngest of 13 children in a devout Catholic family, Tina Alexis Allen was raised in 1980s suburban Maryland in a residence ruled by her stern dad, Sir John, an imposing, British-born authoritarian who had been knighted by the Pope. Sir John reinforced his large family by owning a successful travel organization that specialized in religious travels to the Holy Land and the Vatican for pious Catholics. But his little girl, Tina, was no lovely and innocent Catholic girl. A smart-mouthed senior high school basketball prodigy, she harbored an agonizing magic formula: she liked women. When Tina was 18 her dad accidently discovered the truth about her sexuality. Rather than dragging her to the family priest and lecturing her with tearful sermons about sin and damnation, her dad shocked her with his honest response. He, too, was gay. The trick they distributed about their sexuality brought father and little girl closer, and the two became respected confidants and companions in a marriage that eventually spiraled uncontrollable. Tina and Sir John put in nights dancing in gay night clubs together, experimenting with drugs, and engaging in sex with their respective partners in public places - all while keeping the others with their family at night. Beyond their crazy clandestine escapades, Sir John made Tina his heir obvious at the travel organization. Drawn deeper into the business, Tina soon became dubious of her father's regular business trips, his multiple passports and cache of illegal documents, and the briefcases filled with cash that mysteriously made an appearance and quickly vanished. Digging deeper, she uncovered a troubling facet beyond the stunning double life of the daddy she thought she recognized. A riveting and cinematic true story stranger and twistier than fiction, Covering Out can be an astonishing storyline of self-discovery, family, secrets, and the power of the truth to set us free.
