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ATDrake · 06-01-2016, 01:18 PM

Van Allen's Ecstasy by filmmaker and novelist Jim Tushinski (Rotten Tomatoes, TMDB) is is his contemporary literary psychological thriller/personal drama novel involving themes of identity and and place in the family, as an amnesiac gay man must piece together what really happened between himself and his famous parents and uncover potentially disturbing secrets that may have led to his breakdown in the first place, free courtesy of LGBT specialty publisher Lethe Press, who are e-printing it from its 2004 hardcover edition originally out from Harrington Park Press.

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

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Born into an extraordinarily talented family, 29-year-old Michael Van Allen is the gay son of a well-known concert pianist and an equally famous painter. All his life, he has yearned for the talent and creativity that should have been his birthright but have somehow been denied him.

When he wakes up in a mental hospital, his memory gone, his former life erased, his doctor tells him of his screaming breakdown during one of his father's performances. Van Allen's Ecstasy is the story of Michael's journey in search of his former self. As he pieces together his forgotten life, Michael uncovers jealousy, obsession, and secret desires that threaten to destroy his sanity once again.

06-01-2016, 01:18 PM	#1
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) Van Allen's Ecstasy [LGBT Literary Amnesiac ID Psych Thriller] Van Allen's Ecstasy by filmmaker and novelist Jim Tushinski (Rotten Tomatoes, TMDB) is is his contemporary literary psychological thriller/personal drama novel involving themes of identity and and place in the family, as an amnesiac gay man must piece together what really happened between himself and his famous parents and uncover potentially disturbing secrets that may have led to his breakdown in the first place, free courtesy of LGBT specialty publisher Lethe Press, who are e-printing it from its 2004 hardcover edition originally out from Harrington Park Press. Currently free (and DRM-free) @ Amazon (available to Canadians & in the UK and pretty much everywhere else worldwide that Amazon sells, since this is being done via their KDP Select exclusive-or-else program) Description Born into an extraordinarily talented family, 29-year-old Michael Van Allen is the gay son of a well-known concert pianist and an equally famous painter. All his life, he has yearned for the talent and creativity that should have been his birthright but have somehow been denied him. When he wakes up in a mental hospital, his memory gone, his former life erased, his doctor tells him of his screaming breakdown during one of his father's performances. Van Allen's Ecstasy is the story of Michael's journey in search of his former self. As he pieces together his forgotten life, Michael uncovers jealousy, obsession, and secret desires that threaten to destroy his sanity once again. Last edited by ATDrake; 02-21-2017 at 11:34 AM. Reason: Replace IMDB ref, since they prematurely shut down their boards while I was trying to archive, and don't deserve the linkage.