Surprising Myself
A Novel
by Christopher Bram
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Pub Date May 28 2013 | Archive Date Aug 18 2013
Description
Seventeen-year-old Joel can’t be gay if he’s straight
After four years of living with relatives in Switzerland, seventeen-year-old Joel Scherzenlieb finds himself in the United States for the summer, working at a Boy Scout camp. There, he meets nineteen-year-old Corey Cobbett, a fellow counselor who'sand the only person Joel wants to be friends with. Soon, Joel’s sarcastic, distant CIA father shows up and whisks him away to live with his mother, grandmother, and older sister on a farm in Virginia—he’s not going back to Switzerland after all. As his father pleads poverty and his dreams of going to college vanish, Joel faces his longest year yet. But everything changes when Corey returns to his life, bringing with him the discovery and excitement of reciprocal love.
Open Road Media would like to thank you for your interest in this title, and we encourage you to share your thoughts with the book community. We hope you will take your time to post your review on Goodreads or retailer sites, such as Amazon and Barnes & Noble.
After four years of living with relatives in Switzerland, seventeen-year-old Joel Scherzenlieb finds himself in the United States for the summer, working at a Boy Scout camp. There, he meets nineteen-year-old Corey Cobbett, a fellow counselor who'sand the only person Joel wants to be friends with. Soon, Joel’s sarcastic, distant CIA father shows up and whisks him away to live with his mother, grandmother, and older sister on a farm in Virginia—he’s not going back to Switzerland after all. As his father pleads poverty and his dreams of going to college vanish, Joel faces his longest year yet. But everything changes when Corey returns to his life, bringing with him the discovery and excitement of reciprocal love.
Open Road Media would like to thank you for your interest in this title, and we encourage you to share your thoughts with the book community. We hope you will take your time to post your review on Goodreads or retailer sites, such as Amazon and Barnes & Noble.
Advance Praise
“Captivating . . . Funny, moving, and totally absorbing.” —Newsday
“A gifted writer, one who has a fine way with dialogue and can make any confrontation come to life . . . Bram writes like an angel.” —The Advocate
“Easily one of the warmest, most appealing love stories in recent memory. Superb.” —Booklist
“Bram’s novel is candid (often explicit), wise, humorous and affirmative, with compelling characters who are engagingly human first, and only then straight or gay.” — Publishers Weekly
“A gifted writer, one who has a fine way with dialogue and can make any confrontation come to life . . . Bram writes like an angel.” —The Advocate
“Easily one of the warmest, most appealing love stories in recent memory. Superb.” —Booklist
“Bram’s novel is candid (often explicit), wise, humorous and affirmative, with compelling characters who are engagingly human first, and only then straight or gay.” — Publishers Weekly
Marketing Plan
* Digital advertising campaign
* Prepublication online buzz & review campaign
* Social media campaign
* Prominent inclusion in Open Road Media's Pride Month promotion, including advertising and publicity campaigns on LGBT outlets
* Featured on openroadmedia.com and its social entities
* "From the author" materials available
* Prepublication online buzz & review campaign
* Social media campaign
* Prominent inclusion in Open Road Media's Pride Month promotion, including advertising and publicity campaigns on LGBT outlets
* Featured on openroadmedia.com and its social entities
* "From the author" materials available
Available Editions
| EDITION | Ebook |
| ISBN | 9781480424517 |
| PRICE | $14.99 (USD) |
