Enter Adam and Will, two good-looking 25-year-olds with the appearance of “guys next door” looking for eligible debutantes to dance with. While they shared something in common — a yearning to expand their horizons and travel around the globe — they were from worlds far apart. Recently hired as a flight attendant, Will was a beach blonde surfer from Corona del Mar, just up the California coast from the former Western White House. Adam was a buffed, dark-haired medical school student living in Memphis, with a smile that ignited any room he walked into. Instead of fighting in the Vietnam War, Adam and Will found themselves facing a different kind of battle… something that was taboo: two young men attracted to one another. Being gay was one of the least troublesome issues facing America in 1976. It was something that few understood and no one discussed. Most everyone found it was much easier to simply ignore the possibility that homosexuality might be present in their family rather than confront it. Adam and Will did something courageous. They fell in love. What follows their Bicentennial Fourth of July interlude reveals the incredible love these two young men discovered. Six months later, their romance tragically ends when Adam takes his own life rather than face the wrath of his father. After nearly three decades, Will reflects back upon that special time of his life and wishes he could find answers about why Adam killed himself. Through a coincidence of time and place, Will and Adam’s sister find themselves in Nashville. Together they retrace the life of their treasured friend and brother.
Unlike other coming of age love stories, Crossed Paths transports the reader to 1976 for a roller-coaster ride into the world of these two young men. Fasten your seat belts for a literary journey that contains the passion of Brokeback Mountain, the romance of Bridges of Madison County, yet one that reveals the never-ending commitment of true love found in The Notebook. |
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