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- That Was Then
- Book
- 2008
- Published by: Red Hen Press
summary
On a rainy afternoon in 1985, Corey Moore, a single, thirty-eight-year-old New York psychologist runs into his childhood girlfriend on the corner of Fifth Avenue and Eleventh Street, just up from Washington Square. Gina, an actress, is twice divorced and focused on her career. Corey attends her opening that evening, and three months later, they marry. Things dont go smoothly, though, as they hadnt twenty years earlier. Together, they buy an old house in Connecticut, thinking they might shore up their own sagging connection in the process of renovation. By means of flashback, the reader observes Corey and Gina as adolescents. We meet Coreys music teacher, with whom Corey is involved, sexually. We meet the boys Gina uses to act out against the Catholic strangle hold of her parents. This backstory reaches a climax that blows all these relationships apart and marks Corey and Gina for life. Bored with the house restoration, Gina brings an actor friend to Connecticut one weekend. Jack and Corey hit it off from the start, and Corey is startled and dismayed at the intensity of his feelings for Jack. The novel follows their relationship over the succeeding three years, as a secret is revealed that changes everything for the two men. That Was Then is a story of adolescent confusion and trauma and its effect on adult lives. It is also a story of withholding and the damage that can come of it. Ultimately, it is a story of love appearing in unexpected and varied forms.
Table of Contents
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- Chapter One, 1985
- pp. 11-24
- Chapter Two, 1961
- pp. 25-36
- Chapter Three, 1985
- pp. 37-47
- Chapter Four, 1985
- pp. 48-59
- Chapter Five, 1962
- pp. 60-69
- Chapter Six, 1988
- pp. 70-84
- Chapter Seven, 1988
- pp. 85-98
- Chapter Eight, 1963
- pp. 99-107
- Chapter Nine, 1988
- pp. 108-115
- Chapter Ten, 1964
- pp. 116-125
- Chapter Eleven, 1965
- pp. 126-137
- Chapter Twelve, 1965
- pp. 138-147
- Chapter Thirteen, 1988
- pp. 148-157
- Chapter Fourteen, 1965
- pp. 158-162
- Chapter Fifteen, 1988
- pp. 163-172
- Chapter Sixteen, 1965
- pp. 173-181
- Chapter Seventeen, 1988
- pp. 182-193
- Chapter Eighteen, 1988
- pp. 194-203
- About the Author
- p. 204
Additional Information
ISBN
9781597092029
Related ISBN(s)
9781597090889
MARC Record
OCLC
835770853
Pages
208
Launched on MUSE
2013-01-01
Language
English
Open Access
No