New Release – A Must Read for Queer History Fans
Lamar Carpenter, the son of a powerful Dixiecrat senator, had always lived a sheltered life in segregated Alabama. But in the summer of 1964, everything changes when he falls in love with Sam Jones, an African American who works on his family’s farm. Their forbidden romance is cut short when Sam’s mother discovers their relationship, and Lamar is sent off to military school.
Years later, Lamar finds himself at Harvard, where he meets Lowell Cabot, a Boston aristocrat whose family holds deep dark secrets. As their love grows, Lamar is forced to confront the homophobia of the Boston aristocracy in the early 1970s that eventually takes him back home.
But when he returns home to Alabama, he is faced with a familiar face from his past – Sam Jones.
As they navigate their complicated past of racism and homophobia, Lamar and Sam must also confront their own family secrets. From the AIDS crisis to the “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy, and the slow progress of LGBTQ rights in America, Lamar’s journey takes us through the many stages of queer history.
But through it all, Lamar never gives up on his fight for equality despite the constant tragedies until 2015, when the Supreme Court finally grants the right for same-sex couples to marry.
Please join Lamar on this powerful and emotional journey that could only happen in America. A must-read for fans of LGBTQ literature.
