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Some Go Hungry Kindle Edition
A gay man returns to his conservative hometown in a tale of memory and murder inspired by true events: “An emotionally resonant, page-turning story.”—Booklist
Some Go Hungry is a fictional account drawn from the author’s own experiences working in his family’s provincial Indiana restaurant, and wrestling with his sexual orientation, in a town that was rocked by the scandalous murder of his gay high school classmate in the 1980s.
Now a young man who has embraced his sexuality, Grey Daniels returns from Miami Beach, Florida, to Fort Sackville, Indiana, to run Daniels’ Family Buffet for his ailing father. Understanding that knowledge of his sexuality may reap disastrous results on his family's half-century-old restaurant legacy—a popular Sunday dinner spot for the after-church crowd—Grey struggles to live his authentic, openly gay life. But he is truly put to the test when his former high school lover—and fellow classmate of the murdered student—returns to town as the youth pastor and choir director of the local fundamentalist Christian church.
Some Go Hungry is the story of a man forced to choose between the happiness of others and his own joy, all the while realizing that compromising oneself—sacrificing your soul for the sake of others—is not living, but death.
“This literary mystery follows Grey Daniels on a return trip to his hometown of Fort Sackville, Indiana where, decades earlier, one of his gay classmates was brutally murdered. While visiting, Grey must confront a painful past riddled in homophobia, secrets, religious hypocrisy and fear.”—Queerty
“Some Go Hungry is at its best when confronting religious prejudice, and is even pulse-quickening when the narrator sits through one of his friend's sermons aimed directly at him....Only someone who has grown up in rural America could write so convincingly of the pressures there. It's also refreshing to find a book that relates the experience of being gay somewhere other than in a large city.”—Gay & Lesbian Review
“Tells an important tale that in some ways is timeless, and in other ways could have been ripped from today's headlines.”—Mark Childress, author of Crazy in Alabama- LanguageEnglish
- PublisherKaylie Jones Books
- Publication dateMay 5, 2016
- File size5127 KB
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― Queerty
"Anyone who has come out in small-town America will understand how difficult it is to be who you are when the majority of customers at your family restaurant are the same ones you just saw in church. . . . Some Go Hungry is at its best when confronting religious prejudice, and is even pulse-quickening when the narrator sits through one of his friend’s sermons aimed directly at him. . . . Only someone who has grown up in rural America could write so convincingly of the pressures there. It’s also refreshing to find a book that relates the experience of being gay somewhere other than in a large city."
― Gay & Lesbian Review
"Some Go Hungry is a charming, well-paced, and thoroughly humane love story about a young gay man coming to terms with himself, his family, and the insular community in which the family’s restaurant has been central for more than forty years."
― Susan Scarf Merrell, author of Shirley
"Captivating debut . . . [Protagonist] Grey’s tale is a lesson for us all that only when we consider our own feelings first will we find happiness―and acceptance."
― Edge Media Network
"J. Patrick Redmond brilliantly recreates the disunion with the town of Fort Sackville, small-town roots, small-town bigotry, sometimes under the guise of piety and concern. There are parts that all of us can and will recognize, laughing out loud at some parts and crying at others . . . [It] will touch your heart."
― Vincennes Sun-Commercial
About the Author
Kaylie Jones is the award-winning author of five novels and a memoir. She teaches writing at two MFA programs and lives in New York City.
Product details
- ASIN : B01ENNC1JM
- Publisher : Kaylie Jones Books (May 5, 2016)
- Publication date : May 5, 2016
- Language : English
- File size : 5127 KB
- Text-to-Speech : Enabled
- Screen Reader : Supported
- Enhanced typesetting : Enabled
- X-Ray : Not Enabled
- Word Wise : Enabled
- Sticky notes : On Kindle Scribe
- Print length : 268 pages
- Best Sellers Rank: #702,403 in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store)
- #233 in LGBTQ+ Family Life Fiction (Books)
- #552 in LGBTQ+ Literary Fiction (Kindle Store)
- #690 in LGBTQ+ Mystery (Books)
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About the author
J. PATRICK REDMOND was born and raised in southern Indiana and recently returned to his home state after sixteen years of living in South Florida and teaching for the Miami-Dade County Public School System. He holds a BA in English from Florida International University in Miami and an MFA in creative writing and literature from Stony Brook University in Southampton, New York. He is a contributing blogger for the Huffington Post, and his writing has appeared in the NOH8 Campaign blog, the Southampton Review, and in the Barnes & Noble Review’s Grin & Tonic. He is also the 2012 recipient of the Deborah Hecht Memorial Prize in Fiction. Some Go Hungry is his first novel, and when asked about it, Patrick says, “It’s about God, guns, gays, and green beans.” Additional information is available at jpatrickredmond.com.
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The completed book is Grey's telling of how he became the man he is . It explains how he ended back in his home town. Gives a tender picture of his family commingled with the barbs of small mindedness of small towns. The heart of some people within the community.
What doesn't happen for me is melding the two books together into one. Will there be a sequel so we learn how Trace's death effects Grey. Will Trace receive any justice. If no Justice, will Grey visit Trace's grave. Will Grey acknowledge his walking away from Trace's death,, and why he chose that route. Will the author flesh out Grey.
it is a wonderful read .. I had 2 favorite authors . now I have 3 J. Patrick Redmond.... Fannie Flagg .... Rita Mae Brown
this ranks right up there with Flagg's "Redbird Christmas" and Brown's "Six of One" and I am so glad I read it
it will stay with you for awhile ..
This eye-opening novel shines a bright light on a topic that remains important, especially in our schools. Some Go Hungry will help all readers to realize that everyone deserves love and acceptance and that it is never too late to become who you are meant to be.