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Thema: Lesben und Schwule in ihren Familien



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Christopher Isherwood: The Memorial

Christopher Isherwood: The Memorial

UK 2012, 272 pp., brochure, € 17.95
Kostenloser Versand ab 25 Euro Bestellwert.
Vintage
With »The Memorial«, Christopher Isherwood began his lifelong work of rewriting his own experiences into witty yet almost forensic portraits of modern society. Set in the aftermath of World War I, »The Memorial« portrays the dissolution of a tradition-bound English family. Cambridge student Eric Vernon finds himself torn between his desire to emulate his heroic father, who led a life ... Weiterlesen

Morgan Jon Fox (R): This Is What Love in Action Looks Like

Morgan Jon Fox (R): This Is What Love in Action Looks Like

USA 2011, engl.OF, 74 Min., € 15.99
Kostenloser Versand ab 25 Euro Bestellwert.
Documentary that follows the story of a 16-year-old boy who was sent to a controversial camp run by the Christian ministry, »Love in Action«, that aims to »cure« teenagers of homosexual impulses. Zach Stark was sent to the camp shortly after telling his parents that he believed he was gay. Stark detailed his experiences at the camp in an online ... Weiterlesen
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Carter Sickels: The Evening Hour

Carter Sickels: The Evening Hour

USA 2012, 328 pp., brochure, € 14.95
Kostenloser Versand ab 25 Euro Bestellwert.
Bloomsbury
Most of the wealth in Dove Creek, West Virginia, is in the mountains - in the coal seams that have provided generations with a way of life, but little prosperity. Born here and raised by his Pentecoastal grandfather, 27-year-old Cole Freeman sidestepped work as a miner to become an aide in a nursing home. He's got a shock of bleached ... Weiterlesen

John Schwartz: Oddly Normal

John Schwartz: Oddly Normal

One Family's Struggle to Help Their Teenage Son Come to Terms with His Sexuality. USA 2012, 290 pp., hardbound, € 23.49
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Penguin USA
Three years ago, John Schwartz, a national correspondent for »The New York Times«, got a call that every parent hopes never to receive: his 13-year-old son, Joe, was in the hospital following a suicide attempt. Mustering the courage to come out to his classmates, Joe had delivered a tirade about homophobic and sexist attitudes that was greeted with unease and ... Weiterlesen

Robin Reardon: The Evolution of Ethan Poe

Robin Reardon: The Evolution of Ethan Poe

USA 2011, 387 pp., brochure, € 14.95
Kostenloser Versand ab 25 Euro Bestellwert.
Kensington
In the space of a few months, 16-year-old Ethan Poe's life has become a complicated mix of facts, theories, and hypotheses. Things he knows beyond doubt: his parents are divorcing, his older brother Kyle is exhibiting alarming behavior, and his best friend is turning into a spiritual fanatic. Then there are the shifting uncertainties - including his feelings toward his ... Weiterlesen

Jim Grimsley: Das Leben zwischen den Sternen

Jim Grimsley: Das Leben zwischen den Sternen

Die Besten. Dt. v. Frank Heibert. D 2011 (Neuaufl.), 335 S., geb., € 13.40
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Bruno Gmünder - Die Besten 5
Passend zu Weihnachten - einer der besten schwulen Romane aller Zeiten in »Die Besten«: was macht ein schwules Paar zu Weihnachten? Wenn die reiche Familie des einen (Ford) mit der Homosexualität des Sohnes und mit einem Schwiegersohn schon gar nicht zu Rande kommt? Und die Familie des anderen (Dan) in einem ausgebauten Wohnwagen auf einem Friedhofsgelände lebt? Ford und Dan ... Weiterlesen

Tomas Mournian: Hidden

Tomas Mournian: Hidden

USA 2011, 387 pp., brochure, € 14.95
Kostenloser Versand ab 25 Euro Bestellwert.
When 15-year-old Ahmed inadvertently outs himself to his parents, they take him to a residential treatment center in the Nevada desert, known as Serenity Ridge: it's with one goal - to »fix« their son, at any cost. But what Ahmed faces is torture, overmedication, abuse, and a really tough »straight« rehabilitation program. All of that leaves him desperate to escape. ... Weiterlesen

Michael Salvatore: Between Boyfriends

Michael Salvatore: Between Boyfriends

USA 2010, 325 pp., brochure, € 14.95
Kostenloser Versand ab 25 Euro Bestellwert.
Single, slightly neurotic Steven B. Ferrante loves his sharp-tongued, loyal friends, his chaotic job as producer for the daytime soap »If Tomorrow Never Comes«, and his crazy Sicilian mother, not necessarily in that order. Yet at 33, his life is a little like the peppermint mocha coffee drinks that are his favorite indulgence - fun, frothy, but only superficially satisfying. ... Weiterlesen

Tom Mendicino: Probation

Tom Mendicino: Probation

USA 2010, 340 pp., brochure, € 14.99
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All it took to destroy Andy Nocera's seemingly perfect life was an anonymous tryst at an Interstate rest area. Sentenced to probation and thrown out by his wife, he spends his week as a travelling salesman, and his weekends at his mother's house where no questions are asked - and no explanations are offered. To clear the record, the State ... Weiterlesen

Judy Shepard: The Meaning of Matthew

Judy Shepard: The Meaning of Matthew

My Son's Murder in Laramie, and a World Transformed. USA 2010, 273 pp., brochure, € 17.95
Kostenloser Versand ab 25 Euro Bestellwert.
The mother of Matthew Shepard - a 21-year-old victim of a brutal hate crime - shares personal stories about her son's life, the aftermath of his death, and the choice she made to honor his legacy by becoming an international gay rights activist. Today the name Matthew Shepard is synonymous with gay rights, but for most of his life he ... Weiterlesen

Michael Cart (ed.): How Beautiful the Ordinary

Michael Cart (ed.): How Beautiful the Ordinary

USA 2009, 368 pp., hardbound, € 18.95
Kostenloser Versand ab 25 Euro Bestellwert.
A girl thought to be a boy steals her sister's skirt, while a boy thought to be a girl refuses to wear a cornflower blue dress. One boy's love of a soldier leads to the death of a stranger. The present takes a bittersweet journey into the past when a man revisits the summer school where he had »an accidental ... Weiterlesen

Mark Behr: Kings of the Water

Mark Behr: Kings of the Water

UK 2009, 242 pp., brochure, € 14.95
Kostenloser Versand ab 25 Euro Bestellwert.
Abacus
Gay 35-year-old Michiel Steyn is living with his boyfriend Kamil in San Francisco. He has already spent close to half his lifetime abroad. Now he has to return to South Africa to attend his beloved mother's funeral. But neither Michiel nor those he left behind have truly come to terms with his terrible flight from the farm they called Paradise. ... Weiterlesen

Martin Sixsmith: Philomena

Martin Sixsmith: Philomena

UK 2009, 452 pp. pb, € 10.40
Kostenloser Versand ab 25 Euro Bestellwert.
Being a pregnant teenager Philomena Lee was sent to the convent at Roscrea to be looked after as a fallen woman. She cared for her baby for three years until the Church took him from her and sold him, like countless others, to America for adoption. Philomena's son, renamed Michael Hess, grew up to be a top Washington lawyer and ... Weiterlesen

Abdellah Taïa: Salvation Army

Abdellah Taïa: Salvation Army

Introduction by Edmund White. English by Frank Stock. USA 2009, 144 pp., brochure, € 24.95
Kostenloser Versand ab 25 Euro Bestellwert.
An autobiographical novel by turns naïve and cunning, funny and moving, this most recent work by Moroccan expatriate Abdellah Taïa is a major addition to the new French literature emerging from the North African Arabic diaspora. This is a coming-of-age novel that tells the story of Taïa's life with complete disclosure - from a childhood bound by family order and ... Weiterlesen

Will Davis: My Side of the Story

Will Davis: My Side of the Story

UK 2009, 247 pp., brochure, € 14.95
Kostenloser Versand ab 25 Euro Bestellwert.
So what if your parents hate each other and want you to have therapy? So what if your holier-than-thou sister (also known as »The Nun«) and her posse have decided you're going to hell? So what if the school tyrant and his goons are hunting you down, or if your best friend has just outed you to a neo-Nazi? 16-year-old ... Weiterlesen

Elliot Tiber, Tom Monte: Taking Woodstock

Elliot Tiber, Tom Monte: Taking Woodstock

A True Story of a Riot, a Concert, and a Life. USA 2009, 215 pp., brochure, € 19.95
Kostenloser Versand ab 25 Euro Bestellwert.
Before there ws a Woodstock Concert, there was Elliot Tiber working to make a go of his parents' upstate New York motel. The Jewish clientele who had frequented the Catskills had discovered Florida, and the upstate tourist business was dying. To save his family's livelihood, Elliot put on plays and local festivals. In the process, he became the area's issuer ... Weiterlesen

John Rechy: About My Life and the Kept Woman

John Rechy: About My Life and the Kept Woman

USA 2009, 356 pp., brochure, € 12.99
Kostenloser Versand ab 25 Euro Bestellwert.
Novelist John Rechy probes his nascent self-identity as a Mexican-American and a homosexual. Growing up during the Depression in El Paso, Texas, the youngest son of a Mexican woman who spoke no English and a Scottish musician father, Rechy recalls his early fascination with beauty. Moreover, amid a society that excoriated Mexicans, young Rechy grew into a beautiful, fair-skinned young ... Weiterlesen

William Sutcliffe: Whatever Makes You Happy

William Sutcliffe: Whatever Makes You Happy

UK 2009, 295 pp., brochure, € 29.95
Kostenloser Versand innerhalb Europas.
Matt, Daniel and Paul were childhood friends. Now in their 30s, they've lost touch and have only one thing in common: mothers. Little do they know that, having spent a cardless Mother's Day discussing how their emotionally dysfunctional offspring should be settling down, Carol, Gillian and Helen have decided to pay their wayward sons a visit. Now it's time their ... Weiterlesen

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