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Loading... Jack (edition 1989)by A.M. Homes
Work InformationJack by A. M. Homes
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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. A few years ago Jack's parents divorced. Now, just before his 16th birthday, Jack learns that his dad is Gay. Jack reels with confusion, anger, and embarrassment,.. His best friend tells others at school and someone writes "faggot" on Jack's locker. Soon Jack will learn that his friends' families lives aren't as simple and perfect as he long believed. And his family will heal, even as it changes. Jack finally realizes that he is not his parents or his friends; his life is his own to shape. As the title suggests, this is a story of Jack and his life, living with his mother and mother's new partner Michael, coming to terms to his father's coming out as gay and getting his head around the idea that his father's flatmate is in actual fact a boyfriend, as well as the usual teenager concerns of friends, crushes, sports, wanting to learn to drive and all that. Enjoyable. I enjoyed this book. Jack is a sweetly realistic young man. Watching him learn and grasp the lessons of adulthood surrounded by a loving and flawed supportive "family" makes for a pleasant few hours. The book is a little dated (1989) in the character's reaction to Jack's dad's gayness, but probably not as much as I'd like to believe. no reviews | add a review
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Fifteen-year-old Jack's confused feelings for his father, who left him and his mother four years earlier, are further complicated when he finds that his father is gay. No library descriptions found. |
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