Review: With a lump in my throat
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 09 20, 2012
This book was the first novel that I read as a young man in which people like me were treated with dignity and respect and a sense of normalcy.It's the story of an Olympic athlete and his coach, but it is so, so much more.It is love. Care. Fun. Warmth. Romance.It was everything to me for years.Bless Patricia Nell Warren, and thank whatever the powers be that it's re-issued in an e-book format. I just saw it, and had a lump in my throat and an honest-to-goodness tear in my eye when I bought it. This is one of my favorite books of all time, and I have read quite a few books.Younger people cannot understand, I think, the sheer impact this book, and other by Gordon Merrick in particular, had on young gay men and women in the 70s and 80s. My life would have taken a different turn had not Patricia Nell Warren showed me I was a good person who deserved real love.Fantastic. MemorableTom