Tucker Shaws novel tells the story of two young men living during the turn of the decade from the 80s into the.
As both begin to open their eyes to the possibilities of queer love and life, they realize sometimes the only people who can help you are the people who can really see you-in all your messy glory.Ī love letter to New York and the liberating power of queer friendship, When You Call My Name is a hopeful novel about the pivotal moments of our youth that break our hearts and the people who help us put them back together. I loved When You Call My Name by Tucker Shaw. And in a chance meeting near the hospital where Callum is being treated, Ben and Adam meet, forever changing each other’s lives. Enter handsome Devin, a hottie new to their high school. He, however, has difficulty finding a steady boyfriend for himself. When Adam finally tracks Callum down, he learns the guy he loves is very ill. Lucas, openly gay, adores his two best friends, Sonya and Cate, and delights in setting them up with boys. Then Callum disappears, leaving Adam heartbroken, and Ben finds out his new world is more closed-minded than he thought. When he comes to New York City, Ben’s sexuality begins to feel less like a secret and more like a badge of honor. Heart racing, Adam accepts, quickly falling in love with Callum like the movies always promised.įashion-obsessed Ben is eighteen and has just left his home upstate after his mother discovers his hidden stash of gay magazines. Choi.įilm fanatic Adam is seventeen and being asked out on his first date-and the guy is cute. In the spirit of the author’s massively popular Twitter thread, Tucker Shaw’s When You Call My Name is a heartrending novel about two gay teens coming of age in New York City in 1990 at the height of the HIV/AIDS epidemic, perfect for fans of Adam Silvera and Mary H.
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