Billy Bones (Audible Audio Edition) Jamie Fessenden Gary Roelofs Dreamspinner Press LLC Books
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Kevin Derocher was thirty-two when he walked into Tom's office, newly married, a baby on the way, and the collar of his red flannel shirt pulled up to hide the bruises around his throat from when he hanged himself in his garage. After his initial consult, therapist Tom Langois believes he'll never see Kevin again-but Kevin turns up three years later to make repairs on Tom's new house.
Kevin and Tom become fast friends, and Tom begins to suspect Kevin may be interested in more than friendship. However, Kevin remains haunted by something from his childhood-something so terrible he blocked it from his mind. These suppressed memories make it impossible for Kevin to get close to anyone without panicking and lashing out, sometimes violently. But as his past begins to surface, it becomes apparent that Kevin may hold the key to a twenty-five-year-old mystery what happened to Billy?
Billy Bones (Audible Audio Edition) Jamie Fessenden Gary Roelofs Dreamspinner Press LLC Books
Dear Jamie,I don't usually address the author directly but I felt personally compelled to do so after reading, "Billy's Bones." My heart can't appreciate you enough for the caressing and sensitive way you authored this story. It is worthy of a much higher ranking than what 5-stars represents.
Billy and I are frighteningly/amazingly similar on these points; we share the same name, my real first name is, William, and I was called 'Billy' up to when I became a teenager. Your novel's, Billy, and I were both in a shed and abused to a very lethal extreme at a very young age. The last thing my father did do me left me fighting for my very life, and literally by a breath or two, I managed to survive.
Surviving and living are two entirely different matters. Here is where I switch from similarities with Billy to, Kevin, and where Kevin and I traveled the same road together. The damn triggers. Forty-three years later, I am Kevin's future, very much in love, a solid, seventeen-year gay relationship, and yet as good as my life as been (and my life as been been utterly amazing most of the time) if I look at a piece of rope or duct-tape, I will often have to regulate my breathing for a brief moment.
After an experience like this, living a great and normal life is always subject to one's personal 'triggers' certainly it gets better and a lot easier... but it's never really completely gone. It's like owning a piece of very old luggage that is filled with all kinds of horrible goodies and it's buried in the depths of your soul, you can almost literally see it deep inside of you... but everything in you fights like hell, when triggers appear, to let it remain locked... and undisturbed.
Jamie, your compassionate writing style held me up very well emotionally as I walked through those scary doors once again--right along with Kevin. Yours' is a very rare an unique talent, one that I'm personally grateful that I happened to run into... when I was looking for an exceptional and very special book to read.
My best to you and yours,
Billy
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Billy Bones (Audible Audio Edition) Jamie Fessenden Gary Roelofs Dreamspinner Press LLC Books Reviews
I’ll admit to a certain bias up front, because Mystery/Thriller has been my favorite since I’ve been a little girl, but if you think about it, that also means that I’m like an expert or something on the genre. Yeah!
Fessenden is one of my new favorite authors. This story was suspenseful, sexy, scary, and down-right dark at times. I loved it. I related hard-core to Kevin, and although this is told from Tom’s point of view, we get a beautiful secondary characterization of him from Tom. You see, Tom’s a psychologist, and from the very beginning he’s attracted to Kevin’s subtle charm and humor…until he starts to figure out that something’s not quite right with Kevin.
I loved how the dialog was spot on, short, and sweet. I loved how the details were blunt, colorful, and sometimes raunchy. Dogs, porches, hot tubs, and hamburgers. This is the backdrop to most of the drama, and I can just picture myself there. Woods all around, beer in hand – it’s perfect for chillaxing in the almost bro-like atmosphere. But underneath there’s also uncertainty and intrigue and danger.
Kevin and Tom have a certain rapport. It becomes apparent to Tom that Kevin has a tortured past, but they can’t talk about it, because Kevin doesn’t remember anything. Kevin leaves when things get too real for him, comes back, leaves, only to come back again. Both men are twined around each other, need something each other. I love how the deeper Tom gets into the fascinating Kevin, the harder it is for him to separate his intuition from reason. He’s immersed in Kevin’s life, and it’s too late for him to pull out.
This is one of those books where you get halfway through, and then you have to stay up late to finish it. Curiosity may have given me a book hangover, but satisfaction brought me back! Because of this novel, I’ve put it on my “to do” list to read everything that Fessenden has published. “Saturn in Retrograde” looks delicious. Taste it with me.
This book is the story of two people - who happen to be men - finding a loving, common ground amidst the worst of circumstances. One has to step back while the other steps up. Each has a perfectly written role, and both ring true at the most visceral of levels. I believed every word, and was enthralled with the journey of both men, and of course Shadow, who was definitely a beautiful part of the story.
You should be aware that the subject matter is tense and difficult, but handled with a grace and finesse that as a fellow writer I admire tremendously. It's intelligently and kindly written, often uncomfortable, as you should expect when writing about something so personal and devastating, but never vulgar or pious or preachy. Even the intimate parts were written with more of a goal than just sex. The characters have so much to say and the writer says it with heart. There was an arc of growth for both men, both individually and as a relationship, which was gratifying.
I want to thank the author for putting this story out there. It couldn't have been easy to write, and in parts, it wasn't easy to read, but so very very worth the effort. Thank you again.
OH my god. this book. this one is gonna sit with me for a long time. i'm a bit too emotional about it to talk about it right now, but good god. beautiful work. I love Kevin more than any character I think I've ever read. He was such a child trapped in a scared man's body. I'm a bit beyond words at the moment. Just beware if you walk into this one... it is not easy and while there's no graphic depictions of sexual abuse of the minors, it's close enough to being on-page for dramatic affect that you'll squirm, cry or like me a violent mixture of the two.
Kudos. I'd give this more than 5 stars if I could just for the respect Fessenden showed sweet Kevin. Ugh...I can't any more...
Dear Jamie,
I don't usually address the author directly but I felt personally compelled to do so after reading, "Billy's Bones." My heart can't appreciate you enough for the caressing and sensitive way you authored this story. It is worthy of a much higher ranking than what 5-stars represents.
Billy and I are frighteningly/amazingly similar on these points; we share the same name, my real first name is, William, and I was called 'Billy' up to when I became a teenager. Your novel's, Billy, and I were both in a shed and abused to a very lethal extreme at a very young age. The last thing my father did do me left me fighting for my very life, and literally by a breath or two, I managed to survive.
Surviving and living are two entirely different matters. Here is where I switch from similarities with Billy to, Kevin, and where Kevin and I traveled the same road together. The damn triggers. Forty-three years later, I am Kevin's future, very much in love, a solid, seventeen-year gay relationship, and yet as good as my life as been (and my life as been been utterly amazing most of the time) if I look at a piece of rope or duct-tape, I will often have to regulate my breathing for a brief moment.
After an experience like this, living a great and normal life is always subject to one's personal 'triggers' certainly it gets better and a lot easier... but it's never really completely gone. It's like owning a piece of very old luggage that is filled with all kinds of horrible goodies and it's buried in the depths of your soul, you can almost literally see it deep inside of you... but everything in you fights like hell, when triggers appear, to let it remain locked... and undisturbed.
Jamie, your compassionate writing style held me up very well emotionally as I walked through those scary doors once again--right along with Kevin. Yours' is a very rare an unique talent, one that I'm personally grateful that I happened to run into... when I was looking for an exceptional and very special book to read.
My best to you and yours,
Billy
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