num_pages: 244
description: This haunting and compelling novel of a Filipino boy sent to America by his parents to escape the brutal Marcos regime is a story of hope set against a backdrop of abuse and alienation. Following the Filipino tradition of writing letters to the ghosts of ancestors, Bong Bong Luwad begins to write letters to the ghost of Montgomery Clift, at first asking to be reunited with his family, but as he undergoes the pains of adolescence, sexual discovery, and mental illness, the letters form a journal of self-discovery.
language: English
title: Letters to Montgomery Clift
titlecomplete: Letters to Montgomery Clift
genres: LGBT, Adult Fiction, Gay Fiction, Young Adult, Contemporary, Literary Fiction, Fiction, Mental Illness, Queer, Politics
ratings_count: 235
awards: awardedAt: 1041408000000
name: Stonewall Book Award
category: Literature, awardedAt: 1009872000000
name: Lambda Literary Award
category: Gay Fiction
publisher: Alyson Pubns