Ergebnis für "pick up" in Literatur & Belletristik

The job at Sunday Orchard was supposed to be temporary. A chance to gain some work experience, to have some fun. I had not expected to be welcomed into a family of gorgeous and weirdly efficient lumberjack-types, or to find purpose in the tiny Vermont town whose claim to fame seemed to be apple-based products and copious amounts of charm. And I most definitely hadn’t expected to fall for Knox Sunday, my grumpy, burly, fifteen-years-older, reluctant roommate, with his infuriating lectures, his hot-as-fire body, his superior attitude - I’ve never been one to put down roots.

What We Pick Up is the gripping debut story collection from Portland author and screenwriter Stacy Brewster. In these 11 tightly-wound stories, Brewster turns cliches of boyhood and manhood on their heads, revealing the trappings and failures of American masculinity when viewed from any angle, especially a queer one. Brewster's stories of fathers, sons, brothers, and lovers - gay, bi, trans, queer - all manage to mix dark humor, earnest pathos, and a quiet reserve of hope to re-envision a different path forward for all of us.