My heart hurts, a stunning book. Marie Sexton, Trailer Trash
Thursday, 17 March 2016
It’s
1986, and what should have been the greatest summer of Nate Bradford’s
life goes sour when his parents suddenly divorce. Now, instead of
spending his senior year in his hometown of Austin, Texas, he’s living
with his father in Warren, Wyoming, population 2,833 (and Nate thinks
that might be a generous estimate). There’s no swimming pool, no tennis
team, no mall—not even any MTV. The entire school’s smaller than his
graduating class back home, and in a town where the top teen pastimes
are sex and drugs, Nate just doesn’t fit in.
Then Nate meets Cody Lawrence. Cody’s dirt-poor, from a broken family, and definitely lives on the wrong side of the tracks. Nate’s dad says Cody’s bad news. The other kids say he’s trash. But Nate knows Cody’s a good kid who’s been dealt a lousy hand. In fact, he’s beginning to think his feelings for Cody go beyond friendship.
Admitting he might be gay is hard enough, but between small-town prejudices and the growing AIDS epidemic dominating the headlines, a town like Warren, Wyoming, is no place for two young men to fall in love.
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Then Nate meets Cody Lawrence. Cody’s dirt-poor, from a broken family, and definitely lives on the wrong side of the tracks. Nate’s dad says Cody’s bad news. The other kids say he’s trash. But Nate knows Cody’s a good kid who’s been dealt a lousy hand. In fact, he’s beginning to think his feelings for Cody go beyond friendship.
Admitting he might be gay is hard enough, but between small-town prejudices and the growing AIDS epidemic dominating the headlines, a town like Warren, Wyoming, is no place for two young men to fall in love.
- See more at: http://riptidepublishing.com/titles/trailer-trash#sthash.ngM3dXOi.dpuf
It’s
1986, and what should have been the greatest summer of Nate Bradford’s
life goes sour when his parents suddenly divorce. Now, instead of
spending his senior year in his hometown of Austin, Texas, he’s living
with his father in Warren, Wyoming, population 2,833 (and Nate thinks
that might be a generous estimate). There’s no swimming pool, no tennis
team, no mall—not even any MTV. The entire school’s smaller than his
graduating class back home, and in a town where the top teen pastimes
are sex and drugs, Nate just doesn’t fit in.
Then Nate meets Cody Lawrence. Cody’s dirt-poor, from a broken family, and definitely lives on the wrong side of the tracks. Nate’s dad says Cody’s bad news. The other kids say he’s trash. But Nate knows Cody’s a good kid who’s been dealt a lousy hand. In fact, he’s beginning to think his feelings for Cody go beyond friendship.
Admitting he might be gay is hard enough, but between small-town prejudices and the growing AIDS epidemic dominating the headlines, a town like Warren, Wyoming, is no place for two young men to fall in love.
- See more at: http://riptidepublishing.com/titles/trailer-trash#sthash.ngM3dXOi.dpuf
Then Nate meets Cody Lawrence. Cody’s dirt-poor, from a broken family, and definitely lives on the wrong side of the tracks. Nate’s dad says Cody’s bad news. The other kids say he’s trash. But Nate knows Cody’s a good kid who’s been dealt a lousy hand. In fact, he’s beginning to think his feelings for Cody go beyond friendship.
Admitting he might be gay is hard enough, but between small-town prejudices and the growing AIDS epidemic dominating the headlines, a town like Warren, Wyoming, is no place for two young men to fall in love.
- See more at: http://riptidepublishing.com/titles/trailer-trash#sthash.ngM3dXOi.dpuf
It’s
1986, and what should have been the greatest summer of Nate Bradford’s
life goes sour when his parents suddenly divorce. Now, instead of
spending his senior year in his hometown of Austin, Texas, he’s living
with his father in Warren, Wyoming, population 2,833 (and Nate thinks
that might be a generous estimate). There’s no swimming pool, no tennis
team, no mall—not even any MTV. The entire school’s smaller than his
graduating class back home, and in a town where the top teen pastimes
are sex and drugs, Nate just doesn’t fit in.
Then Nate meets Cody Lawrence. Cody’s dirt-poor, from a broken family, and definitely lives on the wrong side of the tracks. Nate’s dad says Cody’s bad news. The other kids say he’s trash. But Nate knows Cody’s a good kid who’s been dealt a lousy hand. In fact, he’s beginning to think his feelings for Cody go beyond friendship.
Admitting he might be gay is hard enough, but between small-town prejudices and the growing AIDS epidemic dominating the headlines, a town like Warren, Wyoming, is no place for two young men to fall in love.
- See more at: http://riptidepublishing.com/titles/trailer-trash#sthash.ngM3dXOi.dpuf
It’s 1986, and what should have been the greatest summer of Nate Bradford’s life goes sour when his parents suddenly divorce. Now, instead of spending his senior year in his hometown of Austin, Texas, he’s living with his father in Warren, Wyoming, population 2,833 (and Nate thinks that might be a generous estimate). There’s no swimming pool, no tennis team, no mall—not even any MTV. The entire school’s smaller than his graduating class back home, and in a town where the top teen pastimes are sex and drugs, Nate just doesn’t fit in.Then Nate meets Cody Lawrence. Cody’s dirt-poor, from a broken family, and definitely lives on the wrong side of the tracks. Nate’s dad says Cody’s bad news. The other kids say he’s trash. But Nate knows Cody’s a good kid who’s been dealt a lousy hand. In fact, he’s beginning to think his feelings for Cody go beyond friendship.
Admitting he might be gay is hard enough, but between small-town prejudices and the growing AIDS epidemic dominating the headlines, a town like Warren, Wyoming, is no place for two young men to fall in love.
- See more at: http://riptidepublishing.com/titles/trailer-trash#sthash.ngM3dXOi.dpuf
Then Nate meets Cody Lawrence. Cody’s dirt-poor, from a broken family, and definitely lives on the wrong side of the tracks. Nate’s dad says Cody’s bad news. The other kids say he’s trash. But Nate knows Cody’s a good kid who’s been dealt a lousy hand. In fact, he’s beginning to think his feelings for Cody go beyond friendship.
Admitting he might be gay is hard enough, but between small-town prejudices and the growing AIDS epidemic dominating the headlines, a town like Warren, Wyoming, is no place for two young men to fall in love.
Review
I have to get these words out now, before I walk away from the world I was just in. I know this sounds weird, but I just this second finished reading this book and I didn't want to leave the world inside the pages. I know the words in my head will all disappear and I'll end up writing just *I loved it* and hell, this needs much more than that.
Not only is this the most beautiful story I have ever read, it is gut wrenching, heart breaking, and stunning. I cried ugly tears, I smiled, I cheered, I didn't know what to do with myself.
If you read one book this year, try this one. The world Marie creates... I just felt like I was right there with Cody and Nate.
Just stunning. And like I just typed to Marie in a private message; I have no words, stunning.
So highly recommended I can't even begin to rate it. Possibly my most favourite MM book ever.
See. I think this book has broken me.
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