A Song for Olaf

<p><p><strong>A Heartfelt Account of Love and Loss</strong></p></p><p></p><p><p>It's the summer of 1969. And ink on the headlines about the Stonewall Uprising is barely dry when the entire country is mesmerized by a musical revolution rocking Woodstock. Smack dab in the middle of it all is teenage Olaf about to leave home for his first year at college in upstate New York.</p></p><p></p><p><p>Gay gorgeous and musically gifted Olaf is the only son of a close-knit Italian-American family. Ready or not he will soon find himself surfing major waves of change empowered by the Gay Rights Movement of the 70s.</p></p><p></p><p><p>Unbeknownst to him and his younger sister he's about to confront the deadly perils of entrenched homophobia and an emerging HIV-AIDS epidemic.</p></p><p></p><p><p>In this expansive memoir steeped in historicity author Jennifer Boulanger gifts readers with a moving story about truth and lies societal upheaval and families in crises as seen through the lens of a loving sister and insightful chronicler.</p></p><p></p><p><p>Capturing Olaf's essence - his effervescent personality his compassionate heart his fun-loving spirit - in vivid detail the author draws us in enticing us to love Olaf as she did. She brings us Olaf in all his splendor a man-child who was music in motion bursting with unbridled joy and love not only for his sister but for life itself.</p></p><p></p><p><p>Readers hungry for that one special book a book that breaks your heart and mends it again that leaves you uplifted by a character's indomitable ebullient spirit? You will find it in <em>A Song for Olaf</em>.</p></p><p></p>