Lessons in Teenage Biology

<p>A lot can happen in two days for a teenager. For Tom Mollicelli passing out in gym class his sister saving him from a bully getting drunk at a party going camping with his straight crush and almost ditching a speech tournament all leads up to his first kiss from a guy. Set in a small Ohio town at the peak of the 1970s <em>Lessons in Teenage Biology </em>shares a searingly honest depiction of a gay youth struggling to just get through another day or two.</p><p><br></p><p>Lambda Literary Award-winning novelist Jim Provenzano brings a swift wit to his latest story which is actually his first. Hand-typed on a manual typewriter in 1986 the author of seven subsequent novels and other works recently rediscovered his early novella in a box of documents then scanned and converted the pages. While expanding the story he retained its sense of urgent eccentricity. Fitting for the Young Adult genre Tom's wild two days a somewhat autobiographical coming of age tale will also spark a nostalgic light for readers who remember teen life in the 1970s.</p>