{"product_id":"all-friends-are-necessary-9781643755816","title":"All Friends Are Necessary","description":"\u003cb\u003eIn this \"tender and open-hearted novel,\" (Nina LaCour, author of \u003ci\u003eYerba Buena\u003c\/i\u003e) Tomas Moniz--a finalist for the PEN\/Hemingway and Lambda Literary awards--delivers a commanding new story about the power of friendship, community, and the families we create for ourselves.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Efren \"Chino\" Flores has just moved back to the Bay Area from Seattle, jumping from sublet to sublet. In Washington, he was a beloved middle school biology teacher with a loving wife and a child on the way until a stunning loss changed his life. Now he's working temp jobs and struggling to put himself back out into the world. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e But there to nurture Chino is a coterie of new and old friends and lovers who form a protective web around him. Closest to him are Metal Matt, a red-haired metalhead with a soft spot for Courtney Love and a rangy dog named Sabbath, and Mike and Kay, a couple whose literary edge is matched only by the success of their secret OnlyFans account. As Chino begins to date more men and women--and to open himself up again to love--his bonds with other people grow both rich and profound. Like a fern blooming in the wake of a forest fire, new life comes after even the most devastating upheaval. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e With gorgeous, heartrending detail and a seemingly infinite catalogue of tender, unexpected interactions, Tomas Moniz has created a striking mosaic of desire and belonging. An anthem to both queer and platonic love, \u003ci\u003eAll Friends Are Necessary\u003c\/i\u003e evinces the wonder of friendship and the joy of giving yourself up to the essential force of community. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Vibrant, alive, and absolutely devastating in its beauty, \u003ci\u003eAll Friends Are Necessary\u003c\/i\u003e is like a late-night phone call with your best friend--exuberant, confessional, and above all, honest.\"--Chelsea Bieker, author of \u003ci\u003eGodshot\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eMadwoman\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Algonquin Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/11\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781643755816\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288","brand":"Tomas Moniz","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43972199743669,"sku":"9781643755816","price":23.8,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_e402f216-87ff-4390-b02c-6a1fd5b9bf70.jpg?v=1713282588","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/all-friends-are-necessary-9781643755816","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}