This is a book I'm going to give to my kids to read and one everyone should devour, discuss and dissect. I drank lots of coffee, rushed through restroom breaks and immersed myself in a world where two young men learned more about themselves in their transition from boys to men, friends to more than friends. I kept telling my husband how much I loved it and how much it reminded me of our summers. ![]() I loved this book so much that I read it in one sitting on a lazy Sunday afternoon before the Memorial Day holiday. I spent a lot of time in my head trying to figure out what I would become who I would turn out to be. Movies, band practice, sitting in the room listening to Duran Duran, U2, Michael Bolton, Europe and Depeche Mode. The summers were always full of memories with my best friend and my boyfriend. I met my best friend, fell in love with the man I would marry and have three beautiful children with and learned more about myself and who I wanted to be than any other year. Some of my favorite memories are of times and people I met in 1986. It's a tender, honest exploration of identity and sexuality, and a passionate reminder that love whether romantic or familial should be open, free, and without shame. The story swells to a dramatic climax as Ari's loyalties are tested, and he confronts his most deeply buried fears and desires. ![]() In a poetic coming-of-age story written in concise first-person narrative, S enz (Sammy and Juliana in Hollywood) crystallizes significant turning points in the boys' relationship, especially as Ari comes to understand that Dante's feelings for him extend beyond friendship. Additionally, the influence of Dante's warm, open family (they even have a "no secrets" rule) is shaping Ari's relationship with his parents, particularly in regard to a family secret Ari has an older brother in prison, who no one ever mentions. As trust grows between the boys and they become friends (a first for Ari), Ari's world opens up while they discuss life, art, literature, and their Mexican-American roots. Fifteen-year-old Aristotle (Ari) has always felt lonely and distant from people until he meets Dante, a boy from another school who teaches him how to swim.
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