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Crawling Through Thorns
Crawling Through Thorns

Crawling Through Thorns

FICTION

480 Pages, 5.4 x 8.3

Formats: Trade Paper

Trade Paper, $15.95 (US $15.95) (CA $17.95)

Publication Date: September 2008

ISBN 9781905762361

Rights: US, CA, SAM & CAR

Parthian Books Ltd. (Sep 2008)
Parthian Books

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Overview

Recovering from heart surgery, John Idris Jones finds himself remembering painful scenes from a life lived in the shadows cast by religious fundamentalism, bigotry, and misunderstanding. When the psychologist at the cardiac rehab clinic suggests that these forays into the past may hold the key to becoming reconciled to the reality of coronary heart disease at such an early age, John embraces the memories. From a Victorian asylum in rural Wales in the early 1970s to the radical politics of HIV in Liverpool during the late 1980s, John's is a journey in search of meaning and identity through the territory where sexuality, religion, and culture collide. San Francisco's gay community during the early 1980s offers a vibrant backdrop to John's emergence from the shadows, but AIDS begins to cast a more sinister darkness.

Author Biography

John Sam Jones is the author of Fishboys of Vernazza and Welsh Boys Too.