Picked

by Michael Powers

From closeted homosexual to openly gay man, Dylan’s odyssey spans two generations. Broke, unemployed, and forced to drop out of college, Dylan enlists in the Air Force during the Vietnam War. Along the way he falls in love, has his heart broken, and meets men who change his life forever. Who will Dylan marry when it finally becomes legal? The spotted drag queen? The veteran with the blond ponytail? The Chinese medical student? The drop-dead gorgeous high school classmate? Someone else?

Genres: Gay, M M Romance

275 pages, Kindle Edition

Published April 30, 2018

About the author

Raised in a small Midwestern farming community, Michael left home at twenty to explore the world. After spending most of the ’70s in the United States Air Force, he earned an MBA and went to work in corporate finance. Twenty years later, his interest in the way people live, love, and work led him to change careers. Today Michael travels extensively as a performance coach for small businesses. He’s lived in eight states and traveled to forty countries in Europe, Southeast Asia, and Latin America. His interests include medical technology, international affairs, and global finance. Michael believes the true measure of a person or group can be determined by observing how they act in a crisis.

Reviews

[Wandering Reader · Rating 3 out of 5]

Poor kid from a family being destroyed by alcoholism and domestic abuse, homosexual and closeted by circumstance, leaves home to make his way in the big world. Through his many travels, experiences, educational advances and relationships we see Dylan grow into a genuine, unashamed, confident, successful Gay man. Sort of like a Gay Forrest Gump (Dylan is very bright albeit a bit naïve) tale over the span of decades during some of the most pivotal events in the fight for LGBTQ rights.

A little preachy (the moralizing got a tad old for me,) but the emotions in the story felt true to life and the overall story was good.

Looking at the author's blurb you wonder if this story is semi-autobiographical. This won't be a story *I* revisit, but it was a good story and I can see a lot of readers enjoying it!