My Favorite Uncle edition by Marshall Thornton Literature Fiction eBooks
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Martin Dixon's carefully-constructed, peaceful life is turned upside down when his super Christian eighteen-year-old nephew Carter shows up unexpectedly on his doorstep and announces he's gay. Martin's first impulse is to send him back to his parents. But when he discovers that Carter has been in a mental hospital to cure his gayness he realizes he's stuck with the boy. Unfortunately, the two get on each other's nerves, each driving the other to distraction. Independently, however, they each arrive at the same conclusion. The other would be much less annoying if he only had... a boyfriend.
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My Favorite Uncle edition by Marshall Thornton Literature Fiction eBooks
Martin is a strange mixture of conflicting characteristics and ideals. When he is unexpectedly saddled with his nephew, Carter, it is a time of readjustment to his role as uncle and strangely a time of learning about himself. Carter for all his innocent, non-innocent, brashness and brattiness actually teachers Martin a thing or two about himself as well as learning somewhat himself. As uncle and nephew sort out their complex relationship and explore their relationships with others in the complex net of life they learn to untangle themselves from themselves and become lovable in their human weaknesses and unloveable natures. All of this is told with a sense of humour and sometimes a little bit of tongue in cheek, I think. It is a very intriguing and entertaining story that explores relationships as well as ideas, such as Christianity, marriage, sex - the things that touch our lives in important and sometimes rather twisted ways.Product details
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My Favorite Uncle edition by Marshall Thornton Literature Fiction eBooks Reviews
My favorite Uncle by Marshall Thornton
Marshall Thornton’s latest departure from the “Boystown” series is an understated masterpiece, tiptoeing into young adult territory without ever losing sight of its very grown-up personality and audience.
From the cartoon-like drawings on the cover of “My Favorite Uncle” to the light-hearted sit-comic tone of the writing, Thornton’s book disguises a complex, sober story under the droll banter and teenaged eye-rolling of “Modern Family” (one, I hasten to add, that would never make it on national TV).
Martin may not be happy, but having his gay teenaged nephew appear on his doorstep isn’t going to help. Carter, newly eighteen and out, has fled his born-again family on the assumption that his gay uncle in Los Angeles will welcome him with open arms.
Oops.
Truth is, Martin is sort of a prig. He is so wrapped in layers of self-protection that his naturally generous heart has almost forgotten how to care. Thornton doesn’t make it easy to like Martin, or indeed many of the gay characters in this book. This is not a fantasy of gay perfection; this is study in human flaws and forgiveness.
Carter, at eighteen, is as self-centered and cluelessly arrogant as any man his age (I have two kids, eighteen and nineteen, I know what I’m talking about). Certainly exacerbated by his strict fundamentalist upbringing, Carter has a distinct fantasy of how life with his gay uncle should be, and when it doesn’t turn out that way, he sulks.
Thornton has managed to create two strong, beautifully-crafted characters, each representing a specific aspect of what it is to be a gay man today. This is not a book that paints a rosy picture of being gay, Both Martin and Carter are damaged, for very different reasons; some of which, as it happens, are their own damn fault.
The miracle of this book is that Thornton’s almost farcical narrative gradually peels away layers of pain and confusion to reveal the two men’s big hearts. It is not a straightforward path, and this book, at times, was not an easy read for me. There is pain here, some of it caused by stupid choices, more of it caused by the thoughtless cruelty of others. And while there is no horrific tragedy, we get to see the many sorrows of ordinary life amplified by being gay in a world that teaches too many bad lessons about what that means.
Just because Martin has been out and proud since Stonewall doesn’t mean he hasn’t internalized bad information. His self-defeating attitudes are frustrating. Carter’s misinformed upbringing is not treated too darkly, but misses being humorous because his problems can’t be solved with smart remarks and easy answers. As annoyingly eighteen as he is, we see a boy so desperate for love that he’ll grasp at anything while shying away from what he really needs.
Oh, and I’d like to mention how grateful I am for characters who are almost fifty. It’s nice to have some affirmation that we don’t all disappear in late middle age.
It is the miracle of “My Favorite Uncle” that we get to watch these two men fumble toward something good even as they make every possible mistake along the way. There is really nothing very romantic in this book; I’d even say it’s almost anti-romantic. Because love is not, in the end, romantic. Love is, it seems, doing what you have to do to survive. And that was the novel’s biggest surprise of all.
Some spelling and grammar errors. Great story.
Just an enjoyable read. Very funny.
It's one of the best! Genuinely funny, very true story about forty-something gay man, who finds out it's not too late to change his life for better.
My Favorite Uncle is a terrific read on so many levels - it's funny and witty and very wise, with a lot of heart on top of that. I laughed and i teared up and i was amazed by the understanding permeating this novel, understanding of life and of love and of things that scare us. Marshall writing is wonderful and the book captures perfectly the thoughts and emotions of both Carter and his uncle Martin.
Carter just turned 18; he's gay; he's managed to escaped his born again family and the institution where he was sent to be "cured". He's young, and free, and still very naive and trusting, but what i loved best about him and about the character, is that he's so real. The way he internally analyzes the world while pretending to listen to an adult "lecturing" him, the way he keeps making his own mistakes, even when he knows they're mistakes, the hurt and fear towards his parents, that retreat into an inner safe place, and then learning to trust again, learning that he doesn't have to compromise and accept bad behavior, that there are people he can really count on and who really care if he's happy.
In Martin's character we find someone who's been hurt in love and has also retreated into his shell and is afraid to trust again.
And so they both undergo this wonderful journey of discovery, of healing, of being tentatively happy again.
Martin is a strange mixture of conflicting characteristics and ideals. When he is unexpectedly saddled with his nephew, Carter, it is a time of readjustment to his role as uncle and strangely a time of learning about himself. Carter for all his innocent, non-innocent, brashness and brattiness actually teachers Martin a thing or two about himself as well as learning somewhat himself. As uncle and nephew sort out their complex relationship and explore their relationships with others in the complex net of life they learn to untangle themselves from themselves and become lovable in their human weaknesses and unloveable natures. All of this is told with a sense of humour and sometimes a little bit of tongue in cheek, I think. It is a very intriguing and entertaining story that explores relationships as well as ideas, such as Christianity, marriage, sex - the things that touch our lives in important and sometimes rather twisted ways.
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