{{Short description|Memoir written by Lance Bass}} {{about|the book|the unrelated film|Out-of-Sync|"out of sync" as a term|synchronization}} {{Infobox book <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Novels or Wikipedia:WikiProject_Books --> | name = Out of Sync | image = Outofsync.jpg | author = Lance Bass | publisher = Simon & Schuster | release_date = October 23, 2007 | media_type = Print (Hardcover) | pages = 195 | isbn = 978-1-4169-4788-2 | isbn_note = <ref name="Simon & Schuster" /> | dewey = 782.42164092 B 22 | congress = ML420.B1863 A3 2007 | oclc = 154308977 }} '''''Out of Sync: A Memoir''''' is the autobiography of American pop singer Lance Bass, published on October 23, 2007. It features an introduction by Marc Eliot, a ''New York Times'' best-selling biographer, and was published by Simon Spotlight Entertainment, a division of Simon & Schuster. The book debuted on ''The New York Times'' Best Seller list at #22 for the week of November 11, 2007.<ref name=BestSeller>{{cite web | title=''Out of Sync'' Debuts on New York Times Bestsellers List |url=http://www.lancebass.com/nytimes.htm | date=2007-11-11 |access-date=2007-11-11| work=The New York Times}}</ref> Bass dedicated the book to his family, friends, and fans.
The 195-page book is divided into eight chapters followed by an acknowledgment chapter with short passages about important people in Bass's life, including all four of his bandmates in NSYNC and close celebrity friends.<ref name="Acknowledgements">{{cite web|url=http://gawker.com/news/wo_oh%2C-life-goes-on/is-part-two-of-the-lance-bass-autobiography-in-the-works-326921.php|title=Is Part Two of the Lance Bass Autobiography In The Works?|publisher=Gawker.com}}</ref> The book covers Bass's childhood growing up in rural Mississippi, his rise to fame as a member of the successful pop group *NSYNC, its dissolution, and his efforts to obtain a seat on the Russian TMA-1 mission to the International Space Station.<ref name="USA Today">{{cite news |date=March 7, 2007 |url=https://www.usatoday.com/life/books/news/2007-03-07-lance-bass_N.htm |title=Lance Bass writes 'Out of Sync' memoir |publisher=USA Today |access-date=2007-09-28 }}</ref> Bass also documents multiple gay relationships, his first sexual experience,<ref name="Widdicombe">{{cite news|author=Widdicombe, Ben|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/gossip/bwiddicombe/2007/10/22/2007-10-22_lance_bass_sets_the_record_straight_in_s.html|title=Lance Bass Sets The Record Straight in 'Sync' Memoir|publisher=The New York Daily News | date=2007-10-22}}</ref> and his struggle to keep his sexuality hidden during the height of NSYNC.<ref name ="Simon & Schuster">{{cite web |url=http://www.simonsays.com/content/book.cfm?tab=1&pid=536749 |title=Simon & Schuster: Out of Sync |access-date=2007-09-28 |publisher=Simon & Schuster}}</ref> The memoir details his public coming out via the cover story of ''People'' magazine's issue of July 26, 2006.
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==External links== *[http://www.abcnews.go.com/GMA/Books/story?id=3758914&page=1 "Life 'Out of Sync'"] Book excerpt from ABC News
Category:2007 non-fiction books Category:2000s LGBTQ literature Category:Music autobiographies Category:LGBTQ autobiographies Category:LGBTQ literature in the United States Category:Simon & Schuster books Category:2007 LGBTQ-related literary works