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When You Call My Name

ID 428411
Slug when-you-call-my-name
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Author : Tucker Shaw
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Description <p><strong>In the spirit of the author&rsquo;s massively popular Twitter thread, Tucker Shaw&rsquo;s <em>When You Call My Name</em> is a heartrending novel about two gay teens coming of age in New York City in 1990 at the height of the HIV/AIDS epidemic, perfect for fans of Adam Silvera and Mary H. K. Choi.<br /></strong><br />Film fanatic Adam is seventeen and being asked out on his first date&mdash;and the guy is <em>cute</em>. Heart racing, Adam accepts, quickly falling in love with Callum like the movies always promised.<br /><br />Fashion-obsessed Ben is eighteen and has just left his home upstate after his mother discovers his hidden stash of gay magazines. When he comes to New York City, Ben&rsquo;s sexuality begins to feel less like a secret and more like a badge of honor.<br /><br />Then Callum disappears, leaving Adam heartbroken, and Ben finds out his new world is more closed-minded than he thought. When Adam finally tracks Callum down, he learns the guy he loves is very ill. And in a chance meeting near the hospital where Callum is being treated, Ben and Adam meet, forever changing each other&rsquo;s lives. As both begin to open their eyes to the possibilities of queer love and life, they realize sometimes the only people who can help you are the people who can really see you&mdash;in all your messy glory.<br /><br />A love letter to New York and the liberating power of queer friendship, <em>When You Call My Name</em> is a hopeful novel about the pivotal moments of our youth that break our hearts and the people who help us put them back together.</p>
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Publisher Penguin UK
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Language eng
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Publication date first 2022-06-02
Publication date latest 2022-06-02
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  • ISBN: 9780241599365 (BC)

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