Lessons in Teenage Biology
my new novella, out May 6 (Kindle) and June 1 (paperback)
A lot can happen in two days. For Tom Mollicelli, passing out in gym class, being saved from a bully by his sister, getting drunk at a party, going camping with his straight crush, and almost ditching a speech tournament, all lead up to his first kiss from a guy.
Set in a small Ohio town at the peak of the 1970s, Lessons in Teenage Biology offers a searingly honest depiction of a gay youth struggling to just get through another day or two.
“Provenzano’s gift for recreating the mindset of the American teen boy is such that this fairly typical story of a fairly typical lovelorn high school boy never falls into cliché. Most readers – queer or otherwise – will identify on some level with the adolescent angst, and revel in the sweet conclusion of this story.”
– Larry Duplechan, author of Blackbird and Movies That Made Me Gay
“Lessons in Teenage Biology is a delightful journey back to a small Ohio town in the late 1970s. And it enveloped my attention right away. That was my upbringing, though mine was years earlier and his classmates were more hip and aware than mine. Through Tom, we hear his thoughts about friends and high school classmates and imagined gay partners, as he navigates a world of trying to fit in, to not stick out, and to still be himself.”
– JD Doyle, author of 1981: My Gay American Road Trip
Lambda Literary Award-winning novelist Jim Provenzano brings a swift wit to his latest story, which is actually his first. Hand-typed on a manual typewriter in 1986, the author of seven subsequent novels and other works recently rediscovered his early novella in a box of documents, then scanned and converted the pages. While expanding the story, he retained its sense of urgent eccentricity. While fitting for the Young Adult genre, Tom’s wild two days, a somewhat autobiographical coming of age tale, will spark a nostalgic light for readers who remember teen life in the 1970s.
$10. Paperback
Fiction/Gay Fiction/Young Adult
ISBN-13: 979-8-218-35678-1
Ebook: 979-8-218-35680-4
Pre-order the ebook now at https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0D32F7Y3M/
(Booksellers and librarians; available from Ingram.)
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