The Breaths We Take

Its 1992 and seventeen-year-old Ben Carpenter has everything all figured out. Hes gay with a supportive family; he makes decent grades; and in Ted Hope and Doris hes got three great friends he can always depend on. If he only had a boyfriend life would be perfect and hes working on that.But things are getting complicated. First Doris drags him into an ill-fated matchmaking scheme that could destroy their friendship with Ted and Hope. Then Grandpa Marty moves in throwing the whole Carpenter household into a total uproar. If thats not enough the only way for Ben to get in his community service hours is to volunteer at the senior center even though old people give him the creeps. And then theres that little matter of his feelings for Teds brother Adrian that confuse him and threaten to expose a secret Ted must never know.Bens journey is littered with misunderstandings tender moments and unexpected ghosts from the past that reveal a two-decades-old mystery. As events unfold Ben is forced to reevaluate what friendship family and love are really all about and he discovers that sometimes theres more to life than a happy ending.Seasons of Chadham High explores the evolving experience of gay teenagers in different eras--from the psychedelic sixties through the me generation seventies and eighties to the nihilistic nineties and beyond.