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Last Summer

By: Michael Thomas Ford
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Kensington Publishing
ISBN: 075820406X
ISBN-13: 9780758204066
Released: 01 Jul 2004
RRP: £9.99
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'Last Summer'..loved it! - By: Sarah, 28 Oct 2008
What I am about to write is a bit of a cliche, but true...Once I started reading this book, I just didn't want to put it down. Provincetown, where the story is set, felt real to me & so did the characters who inhabited it. There wasn't one part of this book that didn't work for me. It was well written, with believable characters, wonderful observations about life & great humour.
I've just ordered 'Looking For It', which is also by Michael Thomas Ford. If it's as good as 'Last Summer', then I'm in for a great read.
Sarah
The Perfect Summer Read....... - By: John Canning, 23 May 2008
Picture it - the start of summer & alll the hopes & dreams of beautiful surroundings, glorious weather, romance, sun, sea, sand & mystery! All wrapped up in a delightful read! Ford's work is never the most challlenging you will encounter but his Maupin like way of pulling characters together is wonderful. A great summer book.
Sun, sand and sex and hot guys in search of all three - By: Booklover Joseph, 10 Jun 2007
This is one of Ford's lighter reads: about the beach & for the beach. Centred on Provincetown, its characters' lives are interwoven: one recovering from a broken relationship, another about to be married to his childhood sweetheart but realising he prefers men, another a young guy with farmboy looks discovering the gay world for the firs time. It is exciting, fun, sassy, romantic & sexy. A great jockstrap-ripping yarn.
Oh My God How Good Is This Book er Fantastic!!!!!! - By: , 16 May 2005
Well looking through the pages of Amazon i came across a book. So with the summer just ahead i decided to purchase it & thank the lord i did. I could not put down this book, even my friends had to pry it out of my hands on some occasions but they never won.

Each character you love, each punch & kiss you are there this book engrosses the reader from the first page & dosent let go until the last. With this book the ending is never in doubt but even when it happens you end up smiling to yourself

This book is very easy to read which is not derogative to the author in any way but the cahracters are well written & the storyline is great.

Miss this book at your peril.

Entertaining, sexy and compulsive - By: Cerisaye, 28 Oct 2004
I found this book a welcome antidote to the kind of gay fic where characters seem doomed by their sexuality, spending their lives chasing men yet ending up alone. It's refreshing to read a story with a happy gay couple in a long-term partnership just living an ordinary life, as an example of what's possible. Provincetown makes a perfect setting for a fairy tale book where happy ever afters do happen. It's a place where gay people feel they belong. A magical kingdom of sun & sky, lazy days & starry nights. The stuff dreams are made of.

It's an undemanding read but not lacking substance. Relationships, family & romantic are explored in detail, through a group of likeable characters spending one summer season in P-town. Some are looking for love, others running away from their past or simply trying to find themselves.

The book's central character is Josh Felling. He's licking his wounds following the revelation by lover of 8 years, Doug, that he's been unfaithful. Josh is a romantic who believes in true love forever. He's looking for Mr Perfect & is not about to compromise just so he doesn't have to be alone. Josh meets Reilly, a heartthrob builder working on the cottage he's staying in, owned by Jerry & Ted the long-time couple who run a guest house callled the two Queens. Reilly is about to be married but he's having second thoughts. His love life is sustained by memories of a long ago sexual experience with his best buddy from high school, further fuelled by a troubling attraction to Josh. They meet first of alll in the Laundromat where Josh makes an impression by folding alll Reilly's clothes from the drier, indulging in happy fantasies about a man with so many work shirts & white boxers.

Jackie is a lesbian whose long time lover is about to leave her. She runs a popular club but her biological clock is ticking. Should she have a baby on her own, & who will be the father?

Young Toby runs away from Hannibal, Missouri, hoping to find a new gay life, far away from religious parents who don't understand their son. Provincetown is the ideal place to get a gay education. He's lucky enough to be taken under the wing of beautiful drag queen Emmeline, who sings at Jackie's club, saving money for the op that'll finallly make her the girl she's always wanted to be. Unresolved issues about the gap between who we are & who those around us want us to be come to a head when Emmeline's ageing mother has a stroke & comes to live with the daughter she's always denied.

Big Hollywood producer, Reid Truman, is rich & successful but the one thing he wants is denied him. His boyfriend is an up & coming movie star, Ty Rusk, whose career depends on him remaining in the closet. Reid & Ty escape to Provincetown for a summer together. Can Reid's dream of making a successful gay themed movie starring his gorgeous lover become reality?

This mightn't be great literature, but it's very well written. I found it entertaining & compulsive. I couldn't put the book down until I knew how it played out for characters that'd become like friends. I think it'd make a great movie.

The book has explicit scenes but erotic rather than pedestrian porn, & firmly in context. The difference between love & sex is one of the book's main themes. Highly recommended.