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First love is never easy. But when the new boy in a small town is being secretly abused by his father, first love might be the only thing that can save him. With his mother busy in the kitchen and his drunken father reading scripture in the living room, Nathan can watch his schoolmate Roy from his upstairs bedroom window and dream about a life free from his father's night-time prowling. Nathan feels safer with Roy in the house next door and safer still with Roy beside him. Studying algebra shoulder to shoulder on Nathan's bed, one thing leads to another. But where will love lead Nathan? In a…
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Editions
4 editions · 3 languages- Hardcover · English · 1995Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill · 195 pages · 9781565121065
- Other · English · 1997Scribner Paperback Fiction · 195 pages · 9780684829920
- Paperback · French · 2003Anne-Marie Métailié · 178 pages · 9782864244653
- Other · German · 1997Fischer · 9783596137589
Abusive menFathers and sonsFictionGay teenagersTeenage boysLGBTQ novelsStonewall Book AwardsFiction, family life, general












