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In 1967, escape artist Fay Stonewell leaves her disabled teenage son, Dickie, with her sadistic boyfriend and heads to Vietnam to entertain the troops in Vietnam—only to discover that the gig isn't the career advancement she was promised. Meanwhile, back home, Dickie flees from an act of violence—but the farther he runs, the tighter the past clings to him.
About the author
Randi Triant is the author of the novel
What We Give, What We Take, which received the Independent Publisher’s 2023 IPPY Gold Award in LGBTQ+ Fiction and was selected as a Finalist (LGBTQ+/Adult Fiction) for Foreword’s 2022 INDIES Book of the Year Awards. It was also included in Parade Magazine’s “20 Best LGBTQ+ Books of 2022 We Love.” Her short fiction and nonfiction have appeared in literary journals and magazines, including two anthologies of writing about HIV/AIDS,
Art & Understanding: Literature from the First Twenty Years of A & U and
Fingernails Across the Blackboard: Poetry and Prose on HIV/AIDS from the Black Diaspora. She lives with her wife in Massachusetts.
Summary
In 1967, escape artist Fay Stonewell leaves her disabled teenage son, Dickie, with her sadistic boyfriend and heads to Vietnam to entertain the troops in Vietnam—only to discover that the gig isn’t the career advancement she was promised. Meanwhile, back home, Dickie flees from an act of violence—but the farther he runs, the tighter the past clings to him.
