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The Road Home
The award-winning author of "What We Remember" and "Changing Tides" portrays the modern gay experience in a moving story of love, family, and finding one's place in the world.
Paperback, 256 pages
Published
May 1st 2011
by Kensington
(first published May 20th 2010)
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This is only the second book I read by Michael Thomas Ford, but I think he is quite the master in writing story of modern gay men who would like to be traditionalist and conservative, but in the positive meaning of these words.
Burke is apparently a successful man living an enviable life in Boston as a professional photographer; he has everything he dreamed about when he was growing in a small town in Vermont, and he would do everything to not having to renounce to it. But when a car accident fo...more
Burke is apparently a successful man living an enviable life in Boston as a professional photographer; he has everything he dreamed about when he was growing in a small town in Vermont, and he would do everything to not having to renounce to it. But when a car accident fo...more
I must first say that I'm a Michael Thomas Ford fan. I have read four of his previous novels--Last Summer, Looking For It,Changing Tides, and Full Circle. I thoroughly enjoyed each one of those. I didn't enjoy The Road Home nearly as much as the other four.
For me, the novel starts off as very promising, once you get past the first chapter--which still confuses me.
The main character, Burke Crenshaw, survives a car accident that rendered him incapable of taking care of himself. He is forced home...more
For me, the novel starts off as very promising, once you get past the first chapter--which still confuses me.
The main character, Burke Crenshaw, survives a car accident that rendered him incapable of taking care of himself. He is forced home...more
Sep 23, 2010
Joe Scholes
rated it
5 of 5 stars
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Recommended to Joe by:
Greg Rowland
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I was captivated by the story within the first 20 pages. Finally, I was reading a gay novel that had depth and substance to spare! Not that the other novels I’ve read recently weren’t good, just not as good as this one. And I was doubly delighted, because the author is one whose previous books I haven’t cared for much, but I decided to give this one a try anyway. I’m glad I did!
The story follows Burke, a 40-year-old successful photographer in Boston, as he returns to his family home in Vermont t...more
The story follows Burke, a 40-year-old successful photographer in Boston, as he returns to his family home in Vermont t...more
I really enjoyed The Road Home by Michael Thomas Ford. For one thing, I could identify with the protagonist. I, too, have broken my dominant left arm and my right leg, although not at the same time, thank goodness. I lived in a small town in upstate New York, with Burlington the closest city, after living in NYC. Talk about culture shock. I liked the character development of Burke from superficial to realistically involved with life. The fact that Burke and his father did not totally reconcile a...more
Michael Thomas Ford doesn't disappoint yet again in his latest offering in paperback. This is the tenth title by Ford that I've read and I have to say that this might be his best offering yet (with the exception of Looking For It, which remain's my absolute favorite of Ford's works).
The story is simple: all you need to do is read the synopsis and that's pretty much exactly what happens in the story. Throw in an affair with a man half his age and an outing to a pagan community gathering, as well...more
The story is simple: all you need to do is read the synopsis and that's pretty much exactly what happens in the story. Throw in an affair with a man half his age and an outing to a pagan community gathering, as well...more
I've read several of Michael Thomas Ford's earlier works and it is interesting to see his progression as a writer. Each successive story seems to show a maturity in how he handles the intricate and the intimate. There are still minor issues that crop up, particularly in how he attempts to weave some seemingly unimportant elements into the tale. Eventually, it all comes together but initially it appears the reader has mistakenly opened a separate book. It may sound a bit schizophrenic but he make...more
This is by no means a boring book. It is a look at a mans life when he has to go home to his childhood home to be cared for by his estranged father after an accident. While there the main character, Burke, works through what is essentailly his mid-life chrisis. He ends up reading a book that was wrritten by the late of husband of his fathers girlfriend about the history of the area in the Civil War and finds one of the letters fascinating enough to research it. Along the way he meets new friends...more
Michael Ford Thomas has won some Lambda Awards, so I thought I should read one of his books. Leg and arm broken in a car accident, a photographer has to go back home to his father's house in rural Vermont to recuperate, creating an awkward reunion with his best friend from childhood when his friend's son aggressively pursues him. Good story told at a great pace, my only reservation being Thomas' description of the empty library and the librarian who has nothing better to do than to spend hours e...more
Burke is forced to return to the home he left years ago, dreading everday while in a cast , he tries to understand his self , his father , and his purpose . While trying to unscramble a century old mystery , he finds the man he wants a relationship with and his way home.
This is such an inspiring book, it gives you the sense of appreciation for everything around you, including people you know and the ones you don't
This is such an inspiring book, it gives you the sense of appreciation for everything around you, including people you know and the ones you don't
I got this as a free book from a giveaway on Goodreads a couple of weeks ago! All-in-all it was an interesting book. I especially found the way that the author wove a historical story in with a more contemporary one. Plus, it was basically a 'self-discovery' sort of theme for the main character. Don't we all do that at times - discover something about ourselves that we didn't really know? Being an English teacher, of course I saw all sorts of symbolism and mirrored themes going on in the book.
This could have been a very hokey, predictable little book. (Which is kinda how it started off.)
But it turned into a meandering trip through Vermont history, countryside and people that was really pretty nice. Several charaters I really liked: Lucy and Sam. Gaither was also interesting, someone you'd like to get to know better.
But I'm still not sure what the first chapter had to do with anything that followed...
But it turned into a meandering trip through Vermont history, countryside and people that was really pretty nice. Several charaters I really liked: Lucy and Sam. Gaither was also interesting, someone you'd like to get to know better.
But I'm still not sure what the first chapter had to do with anything that followed...
Won this in a memeber giveaway and it is a well written book about a gay man who due to a car accident finds himself back home at his father's house. It is a book about relationships, his and his fathers, his old friend and his friend's son with a civil war mystery thrown in. Enjoyed the Vermont and civil war history, Ethan Allen but could have done without some of the graphic sex.
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i love it... there wasn't mystery the main topic or the romance. it was a strong story about a man who did a little rediscovering himself in his forties. i didn't like Burke in the first chapters but it was really gripping story. then i fell in love with Sam. i just wish i will be this significant for someone and change someones life.
I really enjoyed the characters, and they way the story never quite went where I thought it was going to go. I liked the subplot of the ghosts showing up in the photographs...REALLY didn't expect that! My heart broke for Will (and for Burke, although he got his HEA) and part of me wanted more of his story, but I appreciate that Ford knows that sometimes people make themselves miserable, for whatever reason, and there's not a damn thing you can do about it.
I really enjoyed this book. I believe that the author's other book, Full Circle, is better. However, I loved the story line, and wished for more to happen at the end... I don't want to give any spoilers, so I'll keep my questions to myself!
an enjoyable read albeit the bit of let down of an ending. still, ford continues to show maturity in his later works - a long way from the guilty summer reading pleasure i've always regarded him to be.
I read this in just over 24hrs - once I started it, I just couldn't put it down. Every page was interesting, every chapter zipped along. A Great read!
If you like hackneyed expressions, cliche characters circa 1980, stilted language, and simplistic plots spiced with soft porn, you'll love this book. Otherwise pass by it as quickly as you can. This is an embarrassment of a book.
Loved this story. It was a bit more graphic than I expected, so it's not for the faint of heart, but I enjoyed the plot and the writing style of Michael Ford.
Feb 28, 2012
Danielle
marked it as to-read
I WON THIS BOOK IN A GOODREADS GIVEAWAY!
3 1/2 stars Well written and enjoyable.
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Awesome read, one of MTF's best. The Road Home has substance, a little mystery and much of what Ford does best: interweave incredible, well-developed characters that pulls the reader in and doesn't let go until the end - and a satisfying ending indeed. The relationship between protagonist and father is heart-breakingly real...if you are a fan of MTF, you will not be disppointed...
Loved this book. Not just a romance book but one that makes you think and evaluate. I will read more by this author.
This was one of my favourites of this author's books. I liked the characters and their growth through the story and the theme of being true to yourself. The subplot of the 'ghosts' and their story had several parallels to the present day story and I liked the way it all came together. One to add to the wish list.
excellent writing with many story lines merging into each other with skill. So many ideas and gay stories that have affected and effected many of us, old age, young and the inexperienced, seaching for love, learning you can go home again, finding what is right in front of you and how your life can change.
I won this book through a Goodreads giveaway. I enjoyed the theme of finding oneself when you haven't set out to do so; rather it comes organically as the course of other events in Burke's life.
Sweet. Too many sub-plots (some of which are silly), but it's the most "substance" he's written in a while.
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Michael Thomas Ford is the author of more than fifty books, for both young readers and adults, in genres ranging from humor to horror, literary fiction to nonfiction. As a writer for young adults he is the author of the popular "Circle of Three" series (writing as Isobel Bird); nonfiction books about spirituality (Paths of Faith), the AIDS crisis (Voices of AIDS), and the gay community (The World...more
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