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'Hello,' I Lied
'Hello' I Lied
Author: M. E. Kerr
When sixteen-year-old Lang has the chance to spend the summer at the ritzy East Hampton estate of retired rock star Ben Nevada, he's pretty sure that it will be the summer of a lifetime. But what Lang doesn't expect is that in addition to hobnobbing with the rich and famous of the rock world, he'll find himself coming out about his h...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780060275297
ISBN-10: 0060275294
Publication Date: 5/1997
Pages: 171
Reading Level: Young Adult
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3.5 stars, based on 2 ratings
Publisher: Harpercollins Childrens Books
Book Type: Hardcover
Members Wishing: 0
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A likeable young man, a summer at the beach and a memoir of the first time he slept with a woman... No it's not [book:Summer of '42|953734] it's something else.

It's the story of a gay boy (with boyfriend) who has a memorable summer coming out to his friends, spending time with a reclusive former rock legend and finding out that he is capable of being sexually attracted to a young French woman.

This is a book about a young man whose unlikely summer is entirely believable and interesting to read about. In the descriptive blurb for this they mention a young man struggling with his sexuality. That's sort of misleading. Lang is gay, knows he's gay and is slowly telling his friends that he is. What's troubling him, but only a bit, is that being gay is not a black or white thing and he meets a girl that he sometimes finds sexually appealing.

A fast read at 171 pages, the story pulls you in and you meet some interesting characters without anything ever getting too angsty or too melodramatic.

I wish I'd read this immediately after readin the book Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist. Their sensibilities about the music industry would fit well together.


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