![]() ![]() Life kicks Mackey in the gut and in the balls, more than once in this book. Third, that gay sex is awesome (and yes, a little is on page between them then, at 14 and 17.) And fourth, that having to hide who he and Grant are together from everyone, including his beloved and homophobic older brother Kell, is beyond painful. Second, that the guy he's been secretly crushing on, Grant, his brother's 17-year-old best friend and their lead guitar, is equally interested in him. First, that the band he put together with his brothers and a couple of friends, Outbreak Monkey, is not just going to be his personal salvation, but might possibly be good enough to be a real way out of his tiny, claustrophobic hometown. We meet Mackey at 14, when he discovers several things. And the magic is even better when others join in. He also has music in his soul, and he can make magic with a cheap instrument and his voice. ![]() Mackey is a scrapper, who will take on anyone for a good cause or a small one. He and his brothers grew up hardscrabble poor, with clothes from Goodwill, a mother who was away working far too much, and a baby brother they've pitched in to raise when they're just kids themselves. Mackey is a force of nature: music-spewing dynamite in a small, unstable, and gay package. This is a book about imperfect people, and about finding redemption wherever it lives for you.įor Mackey Sanders, it lives in his music. ![]()
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