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by Marion Husband (Author) "Hiding in Adam's pantry, Paul remembered how he was once forced to eat marmalade at school, a whole pot of marmalade, Jenkins twisting his arms..." (more)
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  • Paperback: 276 pages
  • Publisher: Accent Press Ltd (1 Jun 2005)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 1905170009
  • ISBN-13: 978-1905170005
  • Product Dimensions: 19.6 x 12.8 x 2.2 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
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"Vivid & accomplished debut: Marion Husband explores the morality of wartime Britain with intelligent & compassionate insight." Debbie Taylor, Editor, Mslexia "Compelling & sensual. Well written... " PENNY SUMMER"

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26 of 26 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Gripping - something for everyone, 10 Mar 2006
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Set in the socially tempestuous aftermath of World War I, and full of early twentieth-century taboos, love and betrayal, Marion Husband's award-winning debut novel is a passionately written and thought-provoking affair. Protagonist Paul Harris, a homosexual soldier fated to marry the fiancée of his dead brother through loyalty, is a deeply tender character drifting into a world he cannot love.
Forced to hide his true desires for his sometime lover and former sergeant, Adam, now a butcher, the difficulties that one can only imagine were faced in the post war period by ex-soldiers are laid out sensitively. By no means a 'fully wronged' man, Paul, like the other characters, has his emotional and physical frailties, and rather than force any one point of view on her reader, Marion Husband calmly portrays a balanced narrative allowing the readers to make up their own minds.
Through the vivid flashbacks the author highlights the contrasts between events lived and living, and in the sweat, tears and anger of war the same passions rumble with a whole different form of expression. Allowing the characters to develop in effortless prose with a series of graphic sex scenes and realistic dialect, 'the love that dare not speak its name' is explored with true feeling and passionate lust.
What really struck me about this novel was the difficulty I found in putting it down, as I was gripped by its intricate romantic plotline and compact cast of memorable and contrasting characters. Complicated issues are tackled with great sensitivity while the storyline bounds along at a pace, and whether it is reflecting on the moral quandary of society's prejudice only a few generations ago, or indulging in classic romance, there is something here for everyone.
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5.0 out of 5 stars The Boy I love, 22 April 2006
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WOW! This is the only word that comes to mind. If you are looking for FANTASTIC then this is the book for you. Never having written or wanting to write a review I felt compeled to let other people know what a gem this book is. I have just finished the sequel and it is just as good.(If not better). Others have written what to expect so I won't say it again but the story flows like smooth silk sheets. Even the graphic accounts of war are handled with grace, as are the love, duty and honour. Paul, Patrick, Mick, Margot and even Adam will remain with me forever. Especially Paul and Pat.
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17 of 18 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Book clubs will love this novel, 22 Sep 2005
The Boy I Love is set in Engalnd just after the First World War, and though love and battle may be popular subjects, this writer seeks to probe beyond the 'normal' and the 'ordinary' - as do her characters.

This is the kind of novel that books clubs, and anyone who likes a good story, will love. It is accessible, easy to read and a page turner, but as well as that it raises questions. This is a book about complex desires and needs, set in a time that does not accept relationships that are anything other than the norm. Complicated issues are tackled with great sensitivity and insight in what turns out to be a romance with a difference.

Winner of the Andrea Badenoch Award for Fiction and the Blackwell Prize, Marion Husband has written a thought-provoking story full of memorable images and descriptions that explore the ever-current difficulties of unaccepted love. Thoroughly recommended!

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