The Decade of Blind Dates
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| Rating | : | 4.78 (950 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1590210476 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 284 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-08-27 |
| Language | : | English |
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Excellent story of gay man "coming of age" at 45 Bob Lind Peter Bauman is a 45 year old man who is less than a decade into his new life as a gay man and artist. Having married and two kids, working a 9-5 job at the time, he came to reconcile his sexuality as well as artistic bent with the insight and support of his ex-wife whom, along with his two now-grown children, he still remains very close. His best friend, Barry, has been invaluable in teaching Peter about dating in this very different atmosphere from when he. "Great Read" according to Purchaser of this Product. Decade of Blind Dates was one of the better gay fiction novels I've read. If you are seeking a well-written novel centering around the life of a man north of age Great Read Purchaser of this Product Decade of Blind Dates was one of the better gay fiction novels I've read. If you are seeking a well-written novel centering around the life of a man north of age 40, you will likely find this book refreshing. It mixes humor and pathos of the single man and the dating scene quite well. Anyone who has tried the singles ads will undoubtedly recognize certain of the experiences from their own adventures.The book goes beyond just chronicling a series of blind dat. 0, you will likely find this book refreshing. It mixes humor and pathos of the single man and the dating scene quite well. Anyone who has tried the singles ads will undoubtedly recognize certain of the experiences from their own adventures.The book goes beyond just chronicling a series of blind dat. Birdeye said The Decade of Blind Dates. This is an excellent adventure. Peter, a divorced gay man,embarks on a scavenger hunt for his soulmate, struggles through a web of truly eccentric dates which will take you through many amusing situations; breezily written, very gay. ( I am straight, so the explicit sexual imagery was interesting) Relief came with Peter's conversation with his dead mother while painting her portrait. Opening up his past family relationships, Alther lapses into some beautiful
. He met his partneronline after years of far-flung adventures asan emerging gay man. They divide their timebetween homes in Southern California andVermont. Richard Alther is a professional writer,painter, and father who competes nationallyas a Masters Swimmer
It is gay life as so many Americans lived it in the last decades of the last century, an alternately glorious and confounding picaresque of the mind and heart. It is also spectacularly witty-I started writing down lines that made me laugh out loud and soon ran out of paper. Alther's word portraits of men met along the way-among them a Nordic-god New Age bodybuilder with a dullblack toupee, a burly Bear with a bagful of erotic toys and a miniscule member, and a reclusive basket-weaver with magisterial forearms-are as humane as they are hilarious in a warm-hearted story. --Richard LabonteSpectacularly witty <
Another tryst interrupted by his son, Peter is caught naked two-stepping with a tattooed punk. Peter Bauman, a divorced gay painter, plunges into the personals. Next, he's snowbound with a geek heavier than advertised, who arrives with a bag of sex toys. Best pal Barry counsels him to look between the eyes before the legs.He takes more seriously a handsome, stern Maine woodsman, then a British aristocrat patron who declines further intimacy because of his AIDS.During a decade of sex and shenanigans, encouraged by his ex-wife, daughter, and son, Peter examines his life painting portraits and discovers his soul-mate at last.