Dreaming Home (trade paper)

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A queer coming-of-ageand coming-to-termsfollows the after-effects of betrayal and poignantly explores the ways we search for home.When a sisters casual act of betrayal awakens their fathers demonsones spawned by his time in Vietnamese POWthe effects of the ensuing violence against her brother ripple out over the course of forty years, from Lubbock, to San Francisco, to Fort Lauderdale. Swept up in this arc, the members of this family and their loved ones tell their tales. A queer coming-of-age, and coming-to-terms, and a poignant exploration of all the ways we search for home,Dreaming Homeis the unforgettable story of the fragmenting of an American family.Praise for Lucian ChildsThe stories of Lucian Childs are marked by their breath and diversity ofcharactersnot just gender and gender preference, but age, economics, levelof education, and types of concerns and life problems. He can be funny, hecan be poetic, but his humor is always the appetizer toward a main course ofslightly darker journeys, of the sadness and even desperation that attends theexploration of identity.Nancy Zafris, author ofThe Home Jar