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ATDrake · 09-20-2015, 02:19 PM

A Report from Winter by Maine-born Kansas-resident Wayne Courtois is a introspective and retrospective memoir of the complicated and intertwining relationships in his family, past and present, as they come together during his mother's terminal illness, free courtesy of LGBT specialty publisher Lethe Press (Wikipedia).

Currently free (and DRM-free) @ Amazon (available to Canadians & in the UK, and pretty much everywhere else that Amazon sells, as this is being done via their KDP Select exclusive-or-else program)

And this has been the (late!) selected 3rd (non-repeat… ish) free ebook thread of the day.

Because it's always nice to get more non-fiction freebies, and ones that cover other peoples' life experiences are interesting to see.

Enjoy!

Description
It’s January 1998, and southern Maine is recovering from one of the worst ice storms in history. Into this unforgiving environment comes the author, flying “home” from Kansas City after a ten-year absence. His mother, Jennie, is dying of cancer. She is receiving excellent care in a nursing home, but has lost the ability to communicate.

Needing support, Wayne makes an SOS call to Ralph, his longtime partner. Ralph boards a plane to Portland for his first exposure to a Maine winter, and to Wayne’s family as well, including a feisty aunt and an emotionally distant brother. The contrast between a nurturing gay relationship and dysfunctional family bonds is as sharp as the wind sweeping in from the sea.

Stubbornly unsentimental, A Report from Winter weaves childhood memories of winter with the harsh realities of living in a family where there’s not enough love to go around. The memoir is a tribute to hard-won relationships built on mutual trust and understanding, defying an uncaring world.

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ATDrake Wizzard Posts: 11,517 Karma: 33048258 Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Roundworld Device: Kindle 2 International, Sony PRS-T1, BlackBerry PlayBook, Acer Iconia	Free (Kindle DRM-free) Report From Winter [Family Illness Relationship Memoir w/LGBT] A Report from Winter by Maine-born Kansas-resident Wayne Courtois is a introspective and retrospective memoir of the complicated and intertwining relationships in his family, past and present, as they come together during his mother's terminal illness, free courtesy of LGBT specialty publisher Lethe Press (Wikipedia). Currently free (and DRM-free) @ Amazon (available to Canadians & in the UK, and pretty much everywhere else that Amazon sells, as this is being done via their KDP Select exclusive-or-else program) And this has been the (late!) selected 3rd (non-repeat… ish) free ebook thread of the day. Because it's always nice to get more non-fiction freebies, and ones that cover other peoples' life experiences are interesting to see. Enjoy! Description It’s January 1998, and southern Maine is recovering from one of the worst ice storms in history. Into this unforgiving environment comes the author, flying “home” from Kansas City after a ten-year absence. His mother, Jennie, is dying of cancer. She is receiving excellent care in a nursing home, but has lost the ability to communicate. Needing support, Wayne makes an SOS call to Ralph, his longtime partner. Ralph boards a plane to Portland for his first exposure to a Maine winter, and to Wayne’s family as well, including a feisty aunt and an emotionally distant brother. The contrast between a nurturing gay relationship and dysfunctional family bonds is as sharp as the wind sweeping in from the sea. Stubbornly unsentimental, A Report from Winter weaves childhood memories of winter with the harsh realities of living in a family where there’s not enough love to go around. The memoir is a tribute to hard-won relationships built on mutual trust and understanding, defying an uncaring world.