Coral Glynn arrives at an isolated mansion deep in the English countryside early in the very wet spring of 1950 to nurse the elderly Edith Hart, who is dying of cancer. Hart House is also inhabited by Mrs Prence, the perpetually disgruntled housekeeper, and Major Clement Hart, Mrs Hart's war-ravaged son, who is struggling to endure his thwarted life. When ... Weiterlesen

J. H. Trumble: Where You Are

USA 2013, 324 pp., brochure, € 24.95
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Kensington

Robert Westfall's life is falling apart-everywhere but in math class. That's the one place where problems always have a solution. But in the world beyond high school, his father is terminally ill, his mother is squabbling with his interfering aunts, his boyfriend is unsupportive, and the career path that's been planned for him feels less appealing by the day. Robert's ... Weiterlesen

Barbara Vine: The Child's Child

UK 2013, 279 pp., pb, € 12.95
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Penguin UK

When their grandmother dies, Grace and Andrew Easton inherit her sprawling, book-filled London home. Rather than sell it, the adult siblings move in together, splitting the numerous bedrooms and studies. The arrangement is unusual, but ideal for the affectionate pair - until the day Andrew brings home a new boyfriend, the devilishly handsome novelist, James Derain. When he and Andrew ... Weiterlesen

John Irving: In One Person

UK 2013, 623 pp., Pb, € 12.95
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Black Swan

John Irving's 13th novel tells the outrageous story of bisexual novelist Billy Abbott, who comes of age in the uptight 1950s and explores his sexuality through the decades into the plague-ridden 1980s and finally to a more positive present day. Sexual confusion sets in early for Billy, simultaneously attracted to both the female librarian and golden boy wrestler Jacques Kittredge, ... Weiterlesen

Christopher Isherwood: The Memorial

UK 2012, 272 pp., brochure, € 17.95
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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

Fannie Flagg: Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe

Uk 1987, 505 pp., brochure, € 17.95
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Vintage

�The day Idgie Threadgoode and Ruth Jamison opened the Whistle Stop Cafe, the town took a turn for the better. It was the Depression and that cafe was a home from home for many of us. You could get eggs, grits, bacon, ham, coffee and a smile for 25 cents. Ruth was just the sweetest girl you ever met. And ... Weiterlesen

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

USA 2011, engl.OF, 74 Min., € 15.99
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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

Carter Sickels: The Evening Hour

USA 2012, 328 pp., brochure, € 14.95
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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

Emily M. Danforth: The Miseducation of Cameron Post

USA 2012, 473 pp., hardbound, € 14.95
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Harper Collins

When Cameron Post's parents die in a car crash, her shocking first thought is relief - relief they'll never know that, hours earlier, she had been kissing a girl. But that relief doesn't last, and Cam is soon forced to move in with her conservative aunt Ruth and her well-intentioned but hopelessly old-fashioned grandmother. She knows that from this point ... Weiterlesen

Cristy C. Road: Spit and Passion

USA 2012, 160 pp., b/w, brochure, € 15.95
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Feminist Press

At its core, �Spit and Passion� is about the transformative moment when music crashes into a stifling adolescent bedroom and saves you. Suddenly, you belong. At 12 years old, Cristy C. Road is trying to balance the values of a Cuban catholic family with her newfound queer identity, and begins a chronic obsession with the punk band Green Day. In ... Weiterlesen

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

Jeanette Winterson: Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal?

UK 2012, 230 pp., brochure, € 14.95
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Vintage

In 1985 Jeanette Winterson's first novel, �Oranges Are not the Only Fruit�, was published. It was Jeanette's version of the story of a terraced house in Accrington, an adopted child, and the thwarted giantess Mrs Winterson. It was a cover story, a painful past written over and repainted. It was a story of survival. This book is that story's silent ... Weiterlesen

Robin Reardon: The Evolution of Ethan Poe

USA 2011, 387 pp., brochure, € 14.95
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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

Die Besten. Dt. v. Frank Heibert. D 2011 (Neuaufl.), 335 S., geb., € 13.40
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Bruno Gm�nder - 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 Homosexualit�t des Sohnes und mit einem Schwiegersohn schon gar nicht zu Rande kommt? Und die Familie des anderen (Dan) in einem ausgebauten Wohnwagen auf einem Friedhofsgel�nde lebt? Ford und Dan ... Weiterlesen

Tomas Mournian: Hidden

USA 2011, 387 pp., brochure, € 14.95
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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

Rachel Spangler: The Long Way Home

USA 2010, 249 pp., brochure, € 19.95
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Bold Strokes

Rory St. James was disowned after she came out at 17. She rebounded by moving to Chicago, changing her name to Raine and putting down her hometown to audiences around the country. Now, ten years later, too old to be considered a gay youth, broke, evicted, and fresh off a much needed break-up, Raine is forced to accept a job ... Weiterlesen

Jan Dunn (R): Gypo

UK 2007, OF, engl. UT, 100 Min., € 17.99
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British drama documenting the breakdown of a working class family when the teenage daughter befriends a refugee girl. Helen has been married to Paul for 25 years. They live a monotonous and frozen existence: Helen is desperate, damaged, and looking for change; while Paul - bitter, hypocritical and bigoted, sick and tired of being in the poverty trap - is ... Weiterlesen

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.
Penguin USA

He may have become an ordinary gay guy coming from a decent background and living a normal gay midtown life. Nobody - but friends or family - would know him today. His family could have been the typical Midwest family. But things turned out differently. One unfortunate night from October 6 to October 7, 1998, 21-year-old student Matthew Shepard met ... Weiterlesen

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