Bücher von Lee Patton

For 21-year-old gay virgin Gabe Rafferty, the first decade of adulthood is unpredictable and intense.Flat broke upon college graduation, Gabe navigates the passage from menial work to globetrotting corporate drudge, then strives for a real chance at professional fulfillment. His journey exploring his sexuality-from inhibited innocence, to first-love crises, to random hookups-doesn''t seem to lead to the more sensual, committed relationships he wants. Then he meets Marty, an African American art student, and Gabe must face his white working-class background and racist father for a chance at true love.Throughout, he traverses the joys and hazards of loving a headstrong cast of friends, including a lesbian couple, and Candy, a straight female friend whose life intersects with Gabe''s in unexpected ways.For Gabe, what happens after coming of age and coming out is a scramble to survive first journeys into sex, love, and livelihood.

Determined to record every summer day, young history teacher Luke Devlin starts school vacation imagining he'll describe backcountry adventures in the Rockies and sun-splashed days home in Denver. But all too soon the season veers into crisis, when his older brother faces life-threatening illness and Luke becomes entangled in a love affair that's as fast- moving and possibly as fatal as his brother's diagnosis.As Luke manages the household for his absent parents and struggles with the constant pressure of his unfinished master's deadline, his fling with a Wyoming rancher grows serious just as his brother's crisis overwhelms him. Luke's love of his native ground and his search for romance collide with the hard realities of mortality and loss during an unexpected summer.