Billy Gunther

Billy Gunther

At thirteen, Joey was coping with life in a household plagued by alcoholism and violence. In the throes of adolescence, he was also trying to come to terms with his homosexuality.
Billy, also thirteen, was a masculine, self-assured boy who had secrets: he lived each day in fear of being beaten by his physically abusive father. And Billy was gay.
Billy and Joey were drawn to each other at first sight. When they met in history class in the seventh grade, the attraction was instant and undeniable. A powerful love developed quickly and they set to work intertwining their lives together. Billy became Joeyâ€™s â€˜best friendâ€™ and developed a close bond with his family. Billy often stayed the night with Joey at his house in addition to having daily trysts at Billyâ€™s house after school and before his dad got home from work.
Their love and commitment soon becomes a force to be reckoned with.
Billy and Joey discover strength through their love to confront insurmountable obstacles: the dangers of their dysfunctional households, relentless bullying at school, including a self-loathing homosexual boy who repeatedly makes threats to Joey, and brutal harassment by a religious homophobic teacher and counselor.
The worst of the dangers they must contend with is Joeyâ€™s cousin, Dickie Durand, a pedophile who proves that he is capable of any atrocity one can imagine. Dickie is imminently dangerous and is a very real threat to their safety and even their lives.
With help from Joeyâ€™s loving brother and sister, and his supportive father, Joey and Billyâ€™s love flourishes and grows against all odds. They are two young teenage boys who are forced to grow up at a hyper-accelerated rate because of a prevailing love that is almost never experienced by those so young.
Billy Gunther is a testament to the power of love and how it can over-come anything.
Country USA
Binding Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate 2017-01-05
Format Kindle eBook

Country	USA
Binding	Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate	2017-01-05
Format	Kindle eBook

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