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Bezig met laden... Three Sides to Every Story: A Noveldoor Clarence Nero
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Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek. Profane and at times, a little too conveniently dramatic. In New Orleans' Ninth Ward, the lives of Tonya, Johnny and James intersect in interesting and unexpected ways. Tonya and Johnny are high school sweethearts but Johnny is sent to jail for severely beating Tonya's ex-boyfriend. Tonya tries hard to remain faithful to Johnny but she has her life to live and she pursues a stint as a video dancer for a popular rapper with whom she has an affair. James is a gay man who lives for performing on gay nights at a Club Circus. He had a brief stint in jail for stealing from his employer, Saks Fifth Avenue. While in jail, Johnny realizes he needs to get his life straight; he studies for the GED and helps inmates with their appeals. It is in jail that he meets James; Johnny's repressed doubts about his sexuality are eliminated when he and James fall in love. But now that both men are out of jail, Johnny must find a way to live his new life with James and deal with girlfriend Tonya; his homophobic, violent cousin Kojack and his stern preacher father. geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
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Growing up in the Ninth Ward of New Orleans, Johnny and Tonya meet in high school and fall for each other. Yet their romance falls apart when Johnny seriously injures Tonya's ex-boyfriend in an altercation. Johnny is imprisoned, and Tonya starts dating a rapper who fulfills her dreams of dancing in videos. Depressed and deflated in jail, Johnny comes back to life thanks to the help of Pandora, the prison's "den mother," and James, who helps Johnny study for his GED. What starts as a platonic friendship between the sexually repressed Johnny and the openly gay James soon develops into a tender love that's put on hold when James is released on parole. A year later, Johnny is freed as well, haunted by his feelings. Meanwhile, Tonya, no longer with the rapper, has a new dream of reuniting with Johnny. And James, who wows crowds as a legendary drag queen performer, is furious that Johnny hasn't reached out to him. Their lives soon become a twisting roller coaster--secrets are revealed and assumptions are shattered in ways never imagined. Inviting comparison to E. Lynn Harris, Clarence Nero has created a compelling story about the social and sexual challenges black people face today. Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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Google Books — Bezig met laden... GenresDewey Decimale Classificatie (DDC)813.54Literature English (North America) American fiction 20th Century 1945-1999LC-classificatieWaarderingGemiddelde:
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