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Title: Uncle Sean : by Ronald L. Donaghe ISBN: 0-595-19014-6 Publisher: Writers Club Press Pub. Date: 01 July, 2001 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.75 (16 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Uncle Sean
Comment: From the first pages the reader is totally absorbed in this story. One easily forgets who really wrote it and believes without question that fourteen year old Will 's journal has been found and reproduced. The story is tender and romantic and at times very bittersweet. Will's innocence is totally endearing as he comes to understand all the nuances of what it means to be a gay boy and a gay man in the time and place where he grows up. You really feel for this boy; the writing is so realistic that you know how he feels because you it feel with him.
I don't often find a book that I can't put down, but this is one of those rare ones.
If you want to read a truly beautiful story about a gay boy's awakening, read this book!
Rating: 5
Summary: What a great story derived from an unusual source!
Comment: I have been enjoying Ron Donaghe's books for some time now and came across this one. It was absolutely wonderful!
This story came to Ron while he was tearing down a barn in New Mexico and a box fell from the rafters up above. In it was a Big Chief Tablet that had this story in it. The story of Will Barnett (a 14 year old boy) that has his 22 year old Uncle Sean come live with his family after coming home from the Vietnam War.
Sean is gay and makes an attempt to hid that fact from Will's Family. Will figures it out and realizes he is the same way.
This story is a great one as it shows that regardless of if you are young or older, you can learn important lessons from each other. Sean teaches Will some valuable lessons, as Will helps Sean overcome the tragic loss of his first love.
The story has an incrediable ending that leaves you feeling wonderful and satisfied!
Get this book! You will be heartened to know you did not waste your money or your time!
Rating: 5
Summary: Review of "Uncle Sean" by Cheri Rosenberg
Comment: "Uncle Sean", by Ronald L. Donaghe, is the first book in the series: "The Continuing Journals of Will Barnett". It is a sweet story; you can't help falling in love with Will and caring about him. Plus, the positive impact Uncle Sean has on Will is also worth noting and admiring. You hate for the book to end! Fortunately it doesn't have to, with two sequels already in print, "Lance" and "All Over Him".
The story begins when Will is 14 years old and gets an idea to keep a journal. Will is compelled to write down his feelings when his Uncle Sean comes to live with his family after being discharged from the army. Will falls in love with his uncle the moment he lays eyes on him. He thinks Uncle Sean is "pretty" and he longs to kiss his lips. Loving Uncle Sean stirs up emotions and desires Will didn't know he possessed. He is naïve and totally unaware there could be any danger in loving, not only another boy, but a man, who also happens to be his uncle.
Will and Sean form a special bond. Sean tries to impart words of wisdom about love and what it means to be gay. He also impresses upon Will the importance of saving himself for the one he loves and not having sex with the first boy he meets. Innocently, Will doesn't understand why he and Sean can't be boyfriends, so Sean leaves Will with some pearls of wisdom that he will only understand once he matures. The physical attraction between uncle and nephew is so palpable you feel sure Sean will inappropriately give Will what he so desperately wants. The fact that Sean understands his nephew's feelings and doesn't take advantage of him reaffirms our faith in morality and decency.
Unfortunately, Will's parents are afraid of Sean's influence on their son and question the nature of their relationship since they suspect Sean is gay. So, what is a totally innocent and healthy relationship between the two is misconstrued by Will's parents to be something perverse. The tension between Sean and Will's father causes Sean to move away much to Will's dismay further adding to the boy's loneliness.
When Will meets Lance, a troubled boy close to his own age, he falls in love. When you finish the last page of "Uncle Sean" you better have "Lance", the sequel, handy because you won't be able to wait to find out what happens to Will, Lance, Sean and the rest of the family.
Ronald L. Donaghe enriches this story with beautiful descriptions of the southern New Mexican landscape, the intricacies of family life, and the workings of a farm. The dialect in the beginning of the book, as the younger Will writes, sets the mood and makes Will more real. You get to watch him grow, fall in love, deal with loss, and take up life's responsibilities.
I enjoyed this book for its honesty, intensity of feelings and the raw emotions it provokes in all of us as we relive our own experiences with our first crush while dealing with raging hormones and mixed up feelings. Donaghe is a talented writer and a great storyteller. "Uncle Sean" keeps you engrossed from beginning to end. Read it and you will see what I mean.
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Title: All Over Him : The Continuing Journals of Will Barnett by Ronald L. Donaghe ISBN: 0595269141 Publisher: iUniverse, Inc. Pub. Date: 10 February, 2003 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: The Blind Season : Common Threads in the Life by Ronald L. Donaghe ISBN: 0595189768 Publisher: Writers Club Press Pub. Date: 17 June, 2001 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: Common Sons : Common Threads in the Life by Ronald L. Donaghe ISBN: 0595097081 Publisher: Writers Club Press Pub. Date: 27 June, 2000 List Price(USD): $18.95 |
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Title: The Salvation Mongers by Ronald L. Donaghe ISBN: 0595098355 Publisher: ToExcel Pub. Date: 13 July, 2000 List Price(USD): $13.95 |
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Title: Desert Sons : by Mark Kendrick ISBN: 0595191304 Publisher: Writers Club Press Pub. Date: 24 June, 2001 List Price(USD): $20.95 |
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