The Door Behind Us
It’s 1919, and Frank Huddleston has survived the battlefields of the Great War. A serious head injury has left him with amnesia so profound he must re-learn his name every morning from a note posted on the privy door. Gerald “Jersey" Rohn, joined the Army because he wanted to feel like a man,...
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It’s 1919, and Frank Huddleston has survived the battlefields of the Great War. A serious head injury has left him with amnesia so profound he must re-learn his name every morning from a note posted on the privy door.
Gerald “Jersey" Rohn, joined the Army because he wanted to feel like a man, but he returned from the trenches minus a leg and with no goal for his life. He’s plagued by the nightmare of his best friend’s death and has nervous fits, but refuses to associate those things with battle fatigue. He can't work his father's farm, so he takes a job supervising Frank, who is working his grandparents’ farm despite his head injury.
When Frank recovers enough to ask about his past, he discovers his grandparents know almost nothing about him, and they’re lying about what they do know. The men set out to discover Frank's past and get Jersey a prosthesis. They soon begin to care for each other, but they'll need to trust their hearts and put their pasts to rest if they are to turn attraction into a loving future.
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Format: kindle
ASIN: B00FVMJGR0
Publish date: October 13th 2013
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press
Pages no: 265
Edition language: English
While the story had a couple of elements that I would've loved, e.g. slow burn love (Frank and Jersey were definitely friends first) and a road trip / journey to find oneself, unfortunately, as a story it didn't work that well for me. My main issue was with that writing style, which made it diffi...
The first thing that comes to my mind when thinking of this story is that it is almost a moody piece. And yet, it’s a lively story with MCs struggling to come to terms with war trauma, being gay, and overall growing up, which sends them wandering across the country in search of their place, progre...
This was a great and enchanting read. I enjoyed it very much. It had a very well thought out plot, two interesting and lovable main characters and some seriously good writing. It had some depths, as it dealt with two very young men who returned from WWI. It showed some of the "shell shock", but ...
Strangely enough, for someone who doesn’t care much for historicals, I rather enjoyed this one. I found the time period very interesting, and I liked Frank and Jersey, even with their disabilities, and loved how they anchored each other. It was kind of fun watching them figure out they like each oth...
Even though it's not my favorite time frame I seem to be reading more and more historical M/M books. Despite my prejudice against them the ones that I've read have never disappointed me. I think I need to have a look at others I've dismissed because of the "historical" tag because I think I'm passin...