If I Remember Him

If I Remember Him is an LGBTQ historical novel set in the small town of Croy Oklahoma in the 1950s. The action is begins fifteen years earlier when a monstrous tornado all but wipes the town off the map. Lerner Phillip Alquist the towns wealthiest citizen vows to build a library as a memorial to his wife who died in the storm. Two wars and economic depression delay the construction but by 1952 the structure is ready to be dedicated its entrance adorned with a terra cotta sculpture commemorating the towns history and featuring likenesses of many of its leading citizens. However sexual tensions the towns growing religious conservatism and Alquists own racism threaten to undermine the project just as it nears completion. Will the library and its commemorative sculpture unite the towns fractured communities or cause them to shatter and erupt in violence?