Full Circle
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| Rating | : | 4.63 (981 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0758210582 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 352 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-11-05 |
| Language | : | English |
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Insightful and Great for Younger Generation to Read I enjoyed this book and looked forward to getting back to it before bed each night. Each section is full of interesting historic insights that should be a must read for the younger generation, especially those that deal with the reality of AIDS in the 80s and the devestation it bought on the gay community. Other areas of interest were the Harvey Milk assasination and Vietnam. While this book cover's a gay man's coming of age and his life journey the historic fabric is what I found to be of most interest. It is easy to forget the past and I think it is vital for the younger generation to learn the struggles of the br. Bob Lind said An epic baby-boomer gay love story, beautifully told!. Neil Brummel is a 56 year old history professor, living in small town Maine with Thayer, his lover of twelve years. An unexpected phone call from his boyhood friend, Jack, awakens memories (both good and bad) in Neil, and Thayer inquires about the obvious effect the call had on him. To sort out the memories in his own mind, and realizing that Thayer deserves to know about his past, Neil spends the rest of the book relating his past with Jack, who was his first lover, and their mutual friend Andy, who is likely responsible for changing both of their lives tremendously over the past forty years. It's a story of lifeti. "Love him who with love is glowing" A Customer Ned Brummel has always had a love for history, so when his partner Thayer encourages him to apply for a position at the University of New England, Ned jumps at the opportunity. The past is important for Ned; after all, the man has lived through one of the most tumultuous periods in American history - the civil rights movement, the Vietnam War, the rise of the 70's gay liberation movement, and of course the scourge of AIDS.Ned hasn't seen Jack, his childhood friend in years. They parted hurriedly in New York when Ned confessed his love for him, the adoration shaped by an angel's message, a dream of Jack, showing him
All rights reserved. . This tale of adolescent lust, unrequited love, fumbled friendship and domestic contentment arcs across five decades: Ned Brummel and Jack Grace, best friends since their 1950s boyhoods, have been estranged for years when the imminent death (heart attack, not AIDS) of Andy Kowalski, the charismatic cad they both fell for during college, draws them back together. The trio's lives, recounted in lengthy flashbacks, intertwine somewhat melodramatically through the years: Ned and Andy serve together in Vietnam in the '60s, Ned shares a Castro-neighborhood apartment with Jack and Andy in the sex-drenched '70s, and all three meet again in New York as AIDS ravages t
Despite Andy's apparent heterosexuality, both Jack and Ned fall hard for him, straining their close friendship. But once they arrive at college in 1969 and meet handsome farm boy Andy Kowalski, everything changes. History professor Ned Brummel is living happily with his partner of twelve years in small-town Maine when he receives a phone call from his estranged friend--Jack--telling him that another friend--Andy--is very ill and possibly near death. From the heady, drug- and sex-fueled days of San Francisco in the wild seventies to the haunting spectre of AIDS in the eighties and the righteous activism of the nineties, their relationship transforms and grows, reflecting the changes going on around them. As Ned boards a plane to Chicago on his way to his friend's bedside, he embarks on another journey into memory, examining the major events and small moments that have shaped his world and his relationships with these two very different, very important men.Growing up together through the restrictive 1950's and confusing '60's, Jackson "Jack" Grace and Ned Brummel took solace in their love for each other. Soon, the three men will become involved in a series of intense liaisons and bitter betrayals, coming together and flying apart, as they alternately hurt, love, sh