The Tin Box - Fielding, Kim
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William Lyon's past forced him to become someone he isn't. Conflicted and unable to maintain the charade, he separates from his wife and takes a job as caretaker at a former mental hospital. Jelley's Valley State Insane Asylum was the largest mental hospital in California for well over a century, but it now stands empty. William thinks the decrepit institution is the perfect place to finish his dissertation and wait for his divorce to become final. In town, William meets Colby Anderson, who minds the local store and post office. Unlike William, Colby is cute, upbeat, and flamboyantly out.…mehr

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William Lyon's past forced him to become someone he isn't. Conflicted and unable to maintain the charade, he separates from his wife and takes a job as caretaker at a former mental hospital. Jelley's Valley State Insane Asylum was the largest mental hospital in California for well over a century, but it now stands empty. William thinks the decrepit institution is the perfect place to finish his dissertation and wait for his divorce to become final. In town, William meets Colby Anderson, who minds the local store and post office. Unlike William, Colby is cute, upbeat, and flamboyantly out. Although initially put off by Colby's mannerisms, William comes to value their new friendship, and even accepts Colby's offer to ease him into the world of gay sex. William's self-image begins to change when he discovers a tin box, hidden in an asylum wall since the 1940s. It contains letters secretly written by Bill, a patient who was sent to the asylum for being homosexual. The letters hit close to home, and William comes to care about Bill and his fate. With Colby's help, he hopes the words written seventy years ago will give him courage to be his true self.
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Kim Fielding freut sich jedes Mal, wenn sie als Eklektikerin bezeichnet wird, denn sie liebt es, aus Altbekanntem etwas Neues zu schaffen. Sie hat schon überall in den westlichen zwei Dritteln der Vereinigten Staaten gelebt und ist derzeit in Kalifornien zu Hause. Aber auch dort geht ihr schon wieder der Platz in den Bücherregalen aus. Sie unterrichtet an einer Universität und träumt davon, ihre Zeit nur noch mit Reisen und Schreiben zu verbringen. Außerdem träumt sie von zwei wohlerzogenen Kindern, einem Ehemann, der nicht von Football besessen ist, und einem Haus, das sich von selbst sauber hält. Einige dieser Träume lassen sich leichter erfüllen als andere.