A likeable young man, a summer at the beach and a memoir of the first time he slept with a woman... No it's not [book:Summer of '42|953734] it's something else.
It's the story of a gay boy (with boyfriend) who has a memorable summer coming out to his friends, spending time with a reclusive former rock legend and finding out that he is capable of being sexually attracted to a young French woman.
This is a book about a young man whose unlikely summer is entirely believable and interesting to read about. In the descriptive blurb for this they mention a young man struggling with his sexuality. That's sort of misleading. Lang is gay, knows he's gay and is slowly telling his friends that he is. What's troubling him, but only a bit, is that being gay is not a black or white thing and he meets a girl that he sometimes finds sexually appealing.
A fast read at 171 pages, the story pulls you in and you meet some interesting characters without anything ever getting too angsty or too melodramatic.
I wish I'd read this immediately after readin the book Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist. Their sensibilities about the music industry would fit well together.
It's the story of a gay boy (with boyfriend) who has a memorable summer coming out to his friends, spending time with a reclusive former rock legend and finding out that he is capable of being sexually attracted to a young French woman.
This is a book about a young man whose unlikely summer is entirely believable and interesting to read about. In the descriptive blurb for this they mention a young man struggling with his sexuality. That's sort of misleading. Lang is gay, knows he's gay and is slowly telling his friends that he is. What's troubling him, but only a bit, is that being gay is not a black or white thing and he meets a girl that he sometimes finds sexually appealing.
A fast read at 171 pages, the story pulls you in and you meet some interesting characters without anything ever getting too angsty or too melodramatic.
I wish I'd read this immediately after readin the book Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist. Their sensibilities about the music industry would fit well together.
