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Tearing Us Apart
Amanda Clay
Series: Tearing Us Apart
Release date: October 21, 2015
Blurb:
Julian Pham is surviving high school. Openly
gay, flamboyantly goth, and Vietnamese-American, he’s just about as different
as his Oklahoma City high school can tolerate. He has good friends and a
supportive family, which helps, but lately his family is changing and his
friends have troubles of their own. Julian is afraid he’s being left behind.
Then he meets Duncan. The star of the school
basketball team, Duncan has never crossed Julian’s social path. A fateful
encounter one cold night brings the two young men together, igniting a romance
that neither of them expected, and that both can scarcely believe.
But Julian and Duncan are in different
places. Julian is happily out,
unconcerned with others’ opinions. And Duncan, while he knows who he is, isn’t
ready to face the challenges of living out loud. Even as the two grow closer
together, Julian begins to question whether he can live with Duncan’s desire
for secrecy. And even if he can, does that mean he should?
When the crisis of their romance leads to a
shocking betrayal, Julian must decide if he will fix this love or tear it
apart.
Categories: Contemporary, Fiction,
Gay Fiction, Young Adult, Literary Fiction
50,000 words
Publisher: Prizm Books
Cover Artist: BSClay
Excerpt:
"So," I say casually, "Have
you been down here before?"
"I've never been in there!" He's
practically shouting. "I've never been any place like that."
This outburst earns a little frown from me.
"So, by 'that' I assume you mean a gay club. But I have to ask, just how
can the interior of a homosexual establishment be sleazier than hanging out in
the alley behind one?"
He doesn't answer right away, is silent with
his jaw clenched long enough for me to brace for a kick in the ribs. But when
he speaks, his voice is a defeated whisper.
"I've driven down the street a few
times. Once I parked but I couldn't get out of my car."
I nod, give him a little smile, trying to
keep it all light and bubbly despite the shock, amusement, desire, and more
shock all swirling around in my head. "Well, you made it out tonight,
Duncan Fisher, so that's a celebration right there. Shall we go into the Wreck
together? Maybe dance a step or two?"
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Let’s talk about Amanda Clay:
A reader since the age of two, Amanda Clay
realized early on that the best way to get all the stories she wanted was to
write some herself. Setting off on this path she took some detours through
teacherhood and librarianship before finally settling down with a fabulous kid
and a leafy place in which to do serious work. She still reads everything she
can get her hands on, and encourages you to do the same.
Find Amanda Clay here:
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