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Title: Finding Peace by Andrew Barriger ISBN: 0-595-28823-5 Publisher: iUniverse.com Pub. Date: July, 2003 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 5 (3 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: A solid, fun follow-up to Finding Faith
Comment: Andrew Barriger came into authorship already a mature writer. His first novel Finding Faith was well plotted, clever, and fun, while still managing to have believable, likeable characters in Tom, Taylor, and a whole range of supporting characters. In this sequel, Tom and Taylor are a little further down the road in their relationship-a real marriage if there ever was one. And the situations in their mutual life together just gets more complicated and better. Barriger manages to maintain characters with solid moral compasses and is just as entertaining with his use of words in this book as he was in the first one. If you enjoyed Finding Faith, you'll continue smiling through this one. There damn well better be a third book in this series!
--Ronald L. Donaghe, author of Common Sons and Uncle Sean
Rating: 5
Summary: Hooray! FINDING PEACE is here.
Comment: I just finished FINDING PEACE and it was even better than I anticipated. I was able to move through the story very smoothly without having to refer back to the first book, Finding Faith. There are nice little reminders and mini-flashbacks to Finding Faith that keep the reader in tune at all times without being redundant or monotonous.
Barriger's story moves along at a pretty good clip that doesn't allow the reader to get anywhere near bored. The protagonists, Taylor and Tom, were so incredibly busy with so many irons in the fire that toward the end *I* was almost exhausted.
Wayne and his boyfriend Eric was a really sweet and hot young couple to be brought into the family. And what a family it was: in-laws, outlaws, friends and neighbors a-plenty. I liked the way some of the more tense situations were handled, too. Taylor is put to the test in many situations that were resolved with aplomb, insight and integrity rather than anger, hate and violence.
All in all it was an excellent read-I just wish it were longer. But then, I had complained previously that I had waited long enough for this sequel, and it was well worth it. Even through tragedy, the boys became stronger and met the challenge without fear and with more determination than ever. I recommend this book to anyone at any age. It will appeal to a much wider audience than the other books I read. Thanks for the good read... jjl
Rating: 5
Summary: Excellent "feel good" read with realistic characters
Comment: "Finding Peace" is Barriger's second novel, and sequel to last year's "Finding Faith." It picks up two years after the first novel, which detailed the rocky courtship of Taylor (big city attorney who relocated to this small town following the end of a longtime relationship) and Tom (local boy who works as a baker while studying to become a high school teacher). When we rejoin the couple and their friends, Taylor's local law partnership is starting to florish, while Tom still works part time at the bakery while teaching school. The couple take a generous offer to buy the bakery from the current owner, and advertise for help to minimize their time needed in the business. This brings into their lives an 18 year old gay high school student, Wayne, who came from a physically abusive home, with Tom and Taylor taking him in their homes as surrogate guardians/role models. This comes right before a whirlwind Thanksgiving holiday, not just the busiest time of the year for the bakery, but also the planned meeting of both Tom's and Taylor's families for the first time.
The presence of Taylor's married brother at the holiday awakens a regret on his part that our laws do not recognize same-sex marriages, leaving it to each couple to convince their families and others of the legitimacy of their relationship. Taylor's frustration is not so much on the legal protections marriage offers (which, to some extent, can be duplicated through legal documentation, wills, etc.) but something as simple as terminology, as he refers to "my Tom" in lieu of terms such as "partner" or "lover" which seem to trivialize the relationship. The couple consider a "marriage" ceremony for the benefit of their families and friends, as well as the possibility of starting a family, an event that later becomes an unexpected reality.
All of their friends from the first novel are back, and Barriger's rich characterizations are the best part of the book. I personally am a sucker for "inclusive" novels that show gay and straight characters interacting in ideal but realistic situations, and this novel scores considerable extra points with me on perfecting that concept; it makes you ready to pack up and go househunting in this small town! While it would be preferabke to have read Barriger's first novel, "Finding Faith", first, enough background information is given to make that not essential to enjoyment of this sequel.
I rate "Finding Peace" a magnificent 5 out of 5 stars, and wait expectantly for his announced third novel.
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Title: Last Summer by Michael Thomas Ford ISBN: 0758204051 Publisher: Kensington Pub Corp Pub. Date: August, 2003 List Price(USD): $23.00 |
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