A Boys Own Story by Edmund White

A Boys Own Story by Edmund White
2 stars
Published: 1982
Setting: East Coast?

The narrator is a teenage boy growing up in blue collar America in the 1940's or 50's. Things around him are changing and he doesn't know what to do, mainly with is sexuality. He isn't the only one at the time trying to deal with being gay but this is his story. After coming to terms with his reliance on his mother he convinces his father to send him to boarding school where he tries desperately to fit in but after a year he hasn't gotten much further of fitting in.

I finished this a couple days ago and have been debating on what to say in terms of a review. I'm not sure how I honestly felt about this one. I didn't like it as much as other books that I have read recently. It was at one point quite descriptive on certain aspects of a sexual relationship between two men but overall wasn't terrible but wasn't great either. I am finding that I have having a hard time finding books on the 1001 list that I actually find enjoyable. All of them that I have read recently have been terrible!