The Road to Amazing (Russel Middlebrook: The Futon Years) (Volume 3) - Softcover

Hartinger, Brent

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1523418044 ISBN 13: 9781523418046

Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2016

Synopsis

“I think gay guys like weddings more than anyone. And it's not because we want to destroy marriage, like some people say. It's because we really, really want to get married!"

Russel Middlebrook is gettin' hitched!

The wedding is taking place in a remote lodge on an island in Puget Sound. Russel and his husband-to-be have invited all their close friends to spend the whole weekend together beforehand.

And for the first time in his life, Russel is determined to not be neurotic, and not over-think things.

But that's before things start going wrong. Who expected a dead killer whale to wash up on the beach below the inn? And what's this about a windstorm approaching? Then there's the problem of Russel's anxious fiancé, who is increasingly convinced the whole thing is going to be a disaster.

Meanwhile, the wedding is taking place near the ruins of a small town, Amazing, where, a hundred years earlier, the people supposedly all disappeared overnight. Why does it feel like the secret at the end of the road to Amazing has something to do with Russel's own future?

Can Russel's friends Min, Gunnar, Vernie, and Otto somehow help him make it all make sense?

The Road to Amazing, the last book in the Russel Middlebrook Futon Years trilogy, is a story about endings and beginnings, and also about growing up and growing older. But mostly it's a story about love and friendship—about how it's not the destination that makes a life amazing, but the people you meet along the way.

Praise for Brent Hartinger:

“Hits the narrative sweet spot."— NPR's All Things Considered

"Downright refreshing."— USA Today

"The most artful and authentic depiction of a gay teen since [19780]."— Horn Book Magazine

"Touching and realistic...hilarious."— Kirkus Reviews

About this title

About the Author

BRENT HARTINGER is an author, playwright, and screenwriter. His firstnovel, Geography Club, is also a successful stage play and a featurefilm co-starring Scott Bakula. As a screenwriter, Brent currently hasfour film projects in development.

In 1990, Brent helped foundthe world's third LGBT teen support group, in his hometown of Tacoma,Washington. In 2005, he co-founded the entertainment websiteAfterElton.com, which was sold to MTV/Viacom in 2006. He currentlyco-hosts a podcast called Media Carnivores from his home in Seattle,where he lives with his husband, writer Michael Jensen.

Read more by and about Brent, or contact him at brenthartinger.com.

Review

"A great, introspective story."
- Rainbow Book Reviews

"Sometimes a book just sucks me in so hard that I almost cannot break away to do anything function a l... I felt like I was on a sun-dappledraft floating along a warm vista-filled river while reading this book. I was so engaged ... I'll be honest, when I read the blurb for this book --after reading the actual book -- I felt wistful and melancholy. I'm notready to be done with Russel and Kevin."
- V's Reads

"The Road to Amazing has brought out a much-needed purposein my life ... I found so much truth in it. ... It's not just an unusualcast of characters that include a famous actor, a rich friend,intelligent and brilliant individuals that add to the magic of thisseries; it's the truth behind each character. "
- Sensible Reason Magazine

About this edition

• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Publication date: 2016
• ISBN 10: 1523418044
• ISBN 13: 9781523418046
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 236