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A review by librarianinperiwinkle
The Secret Life of Albert Entwistle by Matt Cain
5.0
I really cannot improve on the official blurb/summary of this book except to say it is an absolutely lovely book with All the Feels. My heart broke for Albert and his lonely existence these past 40-something years, and I absolutely LOVE how brave he chose to be in the end and how he impacted the lives of Nicole & Reenie & Marjorie & so many more. (Apologies if I misspelled names—I listened to the audiobook.) This book is so hopeful, and thank God most of us are not as homophobic as people were half a century ago!
I love that the afterward (epilogue?) is interviews with older gay men who lived through similar events in real life. The novel was very true to their experiences.
For readers’ advisors: character doorway is primary. A few mild swear words, I think, and reference to teen boys having had sex, but nothing the slightest bit descriptive. George gets beaten up by homophobic boys in the 1960s & threatened with violence by the police. There is mention of truly awful things that were done to LGBTQIA folks in previous decades.
I love that the afterward (epilogue?) is interviews with older gay men who lived through similar events in real life. The novel was very true to their experiences.
For readers’ advisors: character doorway is primary. A few mild swear words, I think, and reference to teen boys having had sex, but nothing the slightest bit descriptive. George gets beaten up by homophobic boys in the 1960s & threatened with violence by the police. There is mention of truly awful things that were done to LGBTQIA folks in previous decades.