This memoir covers the childhood and early adolescence years of the author. It is situated in Tuscon, Arizona and Tennessee in the fifties and sixties of the 20th century. We watch the growing-up of a young gay man, who also happens to have strong artistic leanings.We also gain insight in the dynamics of his family. His sister gains her independence by marrying and having a child, still in her teenage years. His father is an engineer, always busy and absent. The author has the strongest bond with his mother, but they start to drift apart as she slowly becomes an alcoholic and as he enters into puberty. The book is written in a chronological order documenting an implosion of a family, but with a real-world happy-end.
The book has a very slow pace, and one is not immediately drawn into the narrative. There is a special atmosphere, where shows the author as an introverted observer of his surroundings. Yet, his story-telling seems to have a gentle touch, like things around him have a certain fragility to them.
The author has a website, and the book can be ordered on Amazon.
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