Boy
meets... another boy. The first boy is straight. The second is a
stunning blond(e) wearing red lipstick.
Touching on issues
such as homophobia, gender, human relationships and insecurity,
'blonde BOY, red LIPSTICK' tells the story of a brief affair between
two young people living in big cities more than 100 miles apart. But
can their meetings, filled with love, music and laughter - not to
mention dancing and shoplifting - overcome the inevitable barriers of
naivety, doubt... and distance.
'blonde
BOY, red LIPSTICK' is an old-fashioned love story. But it's also a
love story with a difference.
A marriage finally breaks up because
of a photograph. A photograph taken years earlier...
- "A
real page turner... it made me cry and laugh, often at the same
time". Susan,
Reader
- ”There
is something singularly urgent about the appeal of a breakup story...
like taking a photograph of a wave before it rushes back to
sea.” Leslie
Jamison. The GUARDIAN
- "The
portrayal of gender, straight, gay and transgender issues in this
book is hugely important".Clare
Conville, one of the UK’s foremost literary agents.
- “The
character of Alley is wonderful... I adore her. More please!”LGBTQ
Review.
"Humour,
romance, society, gender, those are the sort of things I write about.
I like true stories."
An
established author, Geoff Bunn was born in Birmingham, England. He
left school at the age of 16, without any qualifications, and began
working in a factory. After four years of that... he left the factory
and went back to college. And today, as both a writer and artist, he
divides his time between homes and studios in rural France, the UK
and southern Sweden.
Geoff
is always happy to hear from readers and can be contacted in person
via his website or on social media.
Geoff Bunn is a new author to me, but I got so excited when I saw his books on Goodreads. I can't wait to get started reading them.
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