What a wonderful book.Will and Colby’s story is refreshing and believable. Before starting this read, I was stuck in a reading slump: reading about two guys who are neither hot gay cops nor twinky shy damsels in distress* was a real shot in the arm. As Mishyio wrote, Colby is a ray of sunshine . H...
Dear Kim Fielding,Thank you for writing such a good book that can have 1 person convey many many emotions.Sincerely, MareAs a reader I love books that make me feel. And I really love angst. I love to cry at the hands of my e-reader. I love to feel numb. I love to look up and see that the sun is shin...
A slow burner but well worth reading. Two stories really: William's life as the present caretaker of a disused mental asylum; and Bill's life as a mental patient committed in the 1930s comes to life through his letters (hidden in the tin box.)"Gay people are supposed to do whatever the fuck feels ri...
5 I can’t believe what I just read stars ETA: See also Sara's incredible review of this bookAs a child, William began to have “improper” thoughts about other boys. Fearing what this meant, he turned to his parents for help. Their response sending him for “treatments” that were frankly rather inhum...
Emotionally heart wrenching, with a troubling look at the past treatment of people with mental illness, this thought-provoking story will stay with me for a very long time.William Lyon has fought accepting his homosexuality his entire life. His deeply religious parents, who believed it to be wrong a...
What a talent this author has in bringing us such a dark and sad topic and balancing it with light and sweet scenes . By talking about a subject that isn’t really touched upon to often in this genre and making us realize just how far we have come and just how far we still have yet to go. I thank you...
I was looking forward to this new book from Kim Fielding but I didn't expect to LOVE it as much as I did.I have read almost everything of Kim's and I love her voice -- it's so effortlessly flowing and easy yet can often surprise me with a little extra jolt of humor or angst. But I particularly love...
While working on his PhD dissertation Will acts as a caretaker at an old abandoned insane asylum. He finds a tin box filled with letters written by a man sent there by his family for being homosexual. Will reads the letters and begins a journey of discovery both for himself and for the writer. This ...
I am swimming in all the feels after reading this book. Such an important story to tell, and so masterfully executed. (And I do not use that word lightly). I may have to add to this review in a few days, but I feel it's important to get this up there at once. We need to remember (or get to know)...
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