So long, Chester Wheeler : a novel /
Catherine Ryan Hyde.
- First edition.
- 292 pages : 22 cm.
Includes discussion questions.
"Lewis Madigan is young, gay, out of work, and getting antsy when he's roped into providing end-of-life care for his insufferable homophobic neighbor, Chester Wheeler. Lewis doesn't need the aggravation, just the money. The only requirements: run errands, be on call, and put up with a miserable old churl no one else in Buffalo can bear. After exchanging barbs, bickering, baiting, and pushing buttons, Chester hits Lewis with the big ask. Lewis can't say no to a dying wish: drive Chester to Arizona in his rust bucket of a Winnebago to see his ex-wife for the first time in thirty-two years--for the last time. One week, two thousand miles. To Lewis, it becomes an illuminating journey into the life and secrets of a vulnerable man he's finally beginning to understand. A neighbor, a stranger, and a surprising new friend whose closure on a conflicted past is also just beginning."-Amazon.
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Young gay men--Fiction. Older people--Fiction. Neighbors--Fiction. Death--Fiction. People with disabilities--Fiction. Terminally ill--Fiction. People with disabilities. Young gay men. Gay characters. Intolerance towards LGBTQ+ people. Gay men--Fiction. Terminal care--Fiction. Friendship--Fiction.