{"product_id":"the-men-from-the-boys-9781504087704","title":"The Men from the Boys","description":"\u003cb\u003eThis classic novel by bestselling author William J. Mann features a gay man trying to come to terms with sex, friendship, aging, and falling--and staying--in love\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e This stunning slice of gay life at the turn of the millennium introduces thirtysomething Jeff O'Brien. After six years, his lover, Lloyd, has just announced that the passion between them has died. Terrified of ending up alone, Jeff turns his eye toward other men. But the anonymous, impersonal encounters leave him feeling sordid and used. In search of love during this \"last summer in which I am to be young,\" he finds romance with a beautiful houseboy named Eduardo. At twenty-two, Eduardo is the same age Jeff was when he began a relationship with the older David Javitz, a leading activist now gravely ill with AIDS. But David became more than a lover to Jeff, who wasn't yet out of the closet. He was his mentor and cherished friend. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Narrated by Jeff, who's caught between the baby boomers and generation X, the novel shuttles between summers in Provincetown and winters in Boston. \u003ci\u003eThe Men from the Boys\u003c\/i\u003e is about the illusive nature of love and desire--\"the magic that happens across a dance floor,\" leaving you \"forever young.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Open Road Media\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/18\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781504087704\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 11.10h x 0.10w x 0.90d","brand":"William J. Mann","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43205044961461,"sku":"9781504087704","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_3d13751e-c955-4fba-a908-72c82a8e30a0.jpg?v=1698127991","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-men-from-the-boys-9781504087704","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}