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Thema: Lesben und Schwule in ihren Familien



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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
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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, € 16.95
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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
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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

David Ebershoff: The 19th Wife

David Ebershoff: The 19th Wife

USA 2009, 527 pp., brochure, € 14.95
Kostenloser Versand ab 25 Euro Bestellwert.
It's 1875, and Ann Eliza Young has recently separated from her powerful husband, Brigham Young, prophet and leader of the Mormon Church. Expelled and an outcast, Ann Eliza embarks on a crusade to end polygamy in the U.S. A rich account of her family's polygamous history is revealed, including how bith she and her mother became plural wives. Yet soon ... Weiterlesen

Michael T. Ford: What We Remember

Michael T. Ford: What We Remember

USA 2009, 342 pp., hardbound, € 22.95
Kostenloser Versand ab 25 Euro Bestellwert.
On the morning James McCloud, a Seattle district attorney, gets a call from his sister, Celeste, he senses his own long-buried family history is about to be dragged into the light. James's father, Daniel, a police officer, disappeared 8 years ago. Now his body has finally been found. The evidence leaves no doubt: Daniel was murdered. James immediately returns to ... Weiterlesen

Christos Tsiolkas: The Slap

Christos Tsiolkas: The Slap

AUS 2008, € 14.95
Kostenloser Versand ab 25 Euro Bestellwert.
At a barbecue in a suburban Melbourne home, a four-year-old boy is slapped by a man who isn't his father. The fallout from this split-second incident is huge, and the novel comprises separate narratives from eight of those present, delving into their individual psychologies with an intensity that is gripping. Although the majority of the characters are middle-class and in ... Weiterlesen

Robin Reardon: Thinking Straight

Robin Reardon: Thinking Straight

USA 2008, 295 pp., brochure, € 19.95
Kostenloser Versand ab 25 Euro Bestellwert.
When Taylor Adams comes out, his parents ship him off to »Straight to God«, a camp for those who have gone astray. The nightmarish camp seeks to exorcise the satanic influence from its charges, some of whom are gay, and some of whom are petty criminals or drug addicts. The camp's strict guidelines include no speaking for newbies (who wear ... Weiterlesen

Gary Zebrun: Only the Lonely

Gary Zebrun: Only the Lonely

USA 2008, 207 pp., brochure, € 13.95
Kostenloser Versand ab 25 Euro Bestellwert.
Asim Zahid is headed to the University of Michigan, ready to bust out of Lackawanna, a rundown steel town outside of Buffalo, New York. But his dream of a bright future is derailed when his father dies and leaves behind two last wishes: to keep open the cherished Bethlehem Theater and to befriend Sonia, the old man's longtime mistress, now ... Weiterlesen

Sarah Schulman: The Child

Sarah Schulman: The Child

USA 2008, 231 pp., brochure, € 17.95
Kostenloser Versand ab 25 Euro Bestellwert.
Structured like a classic novel of legal suspense, »The Child« explores what happens when Stew, a lonely 15-year-old boy, looks for and finds an adult boyfriend online. In short order his lover is arrested in an Internet pedophilia sting and Stew's world is turned upside down. He's exposed to his family and community, leaving the young outcast to fend for ... Weiterlesen

Susan Driver (ed.): Queer Youth Cultures

Susan Driver (ed.): Queer Youth Cultures

USA 2008, 307 pp., brochure, € 29.20
Kostenloser Versand innerhalb Europas.
Engaging a wide range of cultural practices, including zine-making, drag performance, online chatting, music, gay porn, and organizing resistance, the essays explore the creative, political, energetic, and artistic worlds of contemporary queer youth. The research in this collection bridges the perspectives of academics and queer youth, and the voices the youth resonate throughout the analyses of their communities and lives. ... Weiterlesen

Donna Milner: After River

Donna Milner: After River

USA 2008, 343 pp., hardback, € 19.89
Kostenloser Versand ab 25 Euro Bestellwert.
At 15, Natalie Ward believes her life is perfect. Growing up on a dairy farm in the mountains of British Columbia, she knows little of the outside world. But she knows her family. Friends and neighbors, young and old alike, show up regularly on their farmhouse porch. Natalie cherishes her position as the only daughter of the beautiful Nettie Ward, ... Weiterlesen

Will Davis: My Side of the Story

Will Davis: My Side of the Story

UK 2008, 256 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

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