Status
Available
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Publication
Stonewall Inn Editions (2000), Edition: First, 371 pages
Description
At a traditional boarding school for upper-class boys, a recently hired twenty-five-year-old gay teacher becomes involved in an illicit relationship with a troubled sixteen-year-old student, an association that triggers a reexamination of the school's sometimes dark past.
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LibraryThing member jwhenderson
The Coming Storm is a sensitively and brilliantly depicted narrative set against the backdrop of a conventional boys' school in upstate New York that uncovers the most carefully kept secrets of the human heart. Louis Tremper, the headmaster at the Forge School; his wife Claire; Tracey Parker, a
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25-year-old gay man and recently hired teacher at the Forge School; and Noah Lathrop III, a troubled student - all struggle with their own inner demons, desires, and conflicted loyalties in Russell's award-winning novel. When Tracey and Noah start having an affair, dark episodes from the school's past collide with the current state of confusion that they are all dealing with. Show Less
Awards
Lambda Literary Award (Nominee — 1999)
Publishing Triangle Awards (Finalist — 2000)
Language
Original language
English
ISBN
0312263031 / 9780312263034