The Unexpected Son

Ryan M. Painter
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A gay man and a small-town beauty. An inexplicable marriage and the inevitable divorce. A miracle child, growing up during an unfathomable plague.


Despite our heritage, we weren't pioneers; we were accidental astronauts. We were spaceship stowaways in a simple love story made complicated by the world but made extraordinary by its participants.


For as long as I can remember, this book has always been "The Unexpected Son." It feels somewhat ambiguous, but "AIDS ina Time of Mormonism," "Love in a Time of Persecution," or any other witty title that I could apply feels far more dramatic than the narrative itself. It was just a childhood to me.


It is a good story; I hope I tell it well



Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Ryan Michael Painter
Published: 07/31/2020
ISBN: 9781735051208
Pages: 242
Weight: 0.72lbs
Size: 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.51d