Prospero Returned

<p><span style=background-color: rgba(246 242 238 1); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>In Prospero Returned Anthony Donaldson a seasoned English teacher in Toronto begins a new school year still reeling from the death of his long-time partner Clyde. Emotionally armoured and outwardly composed Anthony expects routine-but that illusion begins to unravel when Brian Josephs a sensitive and enigmatic new student arrives in his class. What starts as mentorship quickly evolves into a deeper more complicated bond forcing Anthony to confront the blurred boundaries between care memory and desire.</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(246 242 238 1); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Haunted by Clyde's presence-preserved in letters photographs and forgotten mementoes-Anthony finds himself questioning the very tenets of identity love and moral obligation. At the same time his once-solid friendship with Principal Sonny Jarvis begins to falter under the strain of buried truths and shifting trust.</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(246 242 238 1); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>With wry humour piercing reflection and lyrical poignancy Prospero Returned explores the uneasy terrain of grief aging and emotional vulnerability. It is a novel about the ghosts we carry the illusions we outgrow and the complicated grace of unexpected connection. As the past presses in and professional lines blur Anthony must ask: can healing truly begin if we're still speaking in the language of what was?</span></p>