Acquaintance
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Publisher Description
As a young surgeon, Carl Holman has experienced the horrors of World War I and the loss of his lover, a fellow officer. Back home after the war, he befriends a young jazz musician who he hopes will become a companion he can share his life with. But this is Oregon: the Ku Klux Klan is gaining influence, homosexual acts are illegal, and such a relationship will jeopardize Carl’s promising medical career. Musician Jimmy Harper has his own dreams for the future and his own obstacles to overcome before he will allow himself to accept Carl’s love.
Acquaintance is a deep dive into gay and lesbian history based on extensive period research of the 1920s.
This is Book 1 of the trilogy Medicine for the Blues, a work of LGBT historical fiction which explores the complexities of gender and sexuality through the lens of the early 1920s. It was a time when jazz was becoming popular, Freud was all the rage, social mores were shifting, liquor was illegal, and women had just gotten the vote. The trilogy tells a touching love story set against the dramatic backdrop of this influential era.
Customer Reviews
Excellent trilogy !! / rave review without spoilers
How did the author do it? Create a trilogy so complex and perfect?
Just now I completed listening to the audiobook of the “Medicine for the Blues” trilogy by Jeff Stookey. This is a review of the entire trilogy, placed in the review section for each book.
The trilogy creates pure pleasure in the audience, an epic that manages to be both delightful and intensely serious. The characters are complex and developing, the story keeps creating great interest and anticipation, so many aspects of life are integrated into the trilogy, references go from ancient times through the recent present. This trilogy plays on the mind and emotions strongly. Somehow the author has created a great novel trilogy about specifics, a trilogy which brings in the history of civilization.
The audio production is professional and polished; it heightens the understanding and impact.