{"id":55,"date":"2010-01-14T13:02:21","date_gmt":"2010-01-14T19:02:21","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2011-05-03T18:11:24","modified_gmt":"2011-05-03T23:11:24","slug":"a_report_from_winter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.glbtrt.ala.org\/reviews\/a_report_from_winter\/","title":{"rendered":"A Report from Winter"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"bloglink\"><a href=\"http:\/\/worldcat.org\/oclc\/396191566\">Courtois, Wayne. <em>A Report from Winter.<\/em> Mapleshade, NJ: Lethe Press, 2009. paperback. 279p. $18.00. ISBN: 9781590212356.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"bloglink\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft\" style=\"padding-right: 10px; padding-bottom: 0px; border: 0pt none initial;\" title=\"report from winter\" src=\"http:\/\/coverart.oclc.org\/ImageWebSvc\/oclc\/+-+1106461485837_140.jpg?SearchOrder=+-+TN,AV,FA,GO\" alt=\"\" width=\"152\" height=\"196\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>A Report from Winter<\/em> is the memoir of Wayne Curtois, who uses vivid descriptions of the harsh Maine winter as a metaphor for his relationship with his detached and cold family. It describes in detail the dichotomy between Wayne&#8217;s distant relationship with his relatives, and the loving bond between Wayne and his long-time partner Ralph.<\/p>\n<p>At the start of the novel, Wayne is flying alone to Portland to be with his dying mother Jennie, whom he has not visited in 10 years, and who isn&#8217;t expected to make it through the week. When he arrives in Portland, he is also reunited with his gay brother Bruce, his partner Greg, and his Aunt Louise.<\/p>\n<p>The death of his mother, being back in Portland, and reconnecting with the family he hasn&#8217;t seen for so long proves so distressful, that Wayne calls on Ralph to come up and be with him during this difficult time.<\/p>\n<p>Ralph brings a veritable warmth and emotion to the situation that Wayne describes as &#8221; a report from winter.&#8221; Together they weather the storm (both literally and figuratively), and Wayne is able to let his mother go.<\/p>\n<p><em>A Report from Winter<\/em> is recommended for academic and public libraries.<\/p>\n<p><em>Reviewed by, <strong>Rachael Elrod<\/strong><br \/>\nUniversity of Louisville<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Courtois, Wayne. A Report from Winter. Mapleshade, NJ: Lethe Press, 2009. paperback. 279p. $18.00. ISBN: 9781590212356. A Report from Winter is the memoir of Wayne Curtois, who uses vivid descriptions of the harsh Maine winter as a metaphor for his relationship with his detached and cold family. It describes in detail the dichotomy between Wayne&#8217;s [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1167,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[27,42,19],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.glbtrt.ala.org\/reviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.glbtrt.ala.org\/reviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.glbtrt.ala.org\/reviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.glbtrt.ala.org\/reviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1167"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.glbtrt.ala.org\/reviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=55"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.glbtrt.ala.org\/reviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.glbtrt.ala.org\/reviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=55"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.glbtrt.ala.org\/reviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=55"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.glbtrt.ala.org\/reviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=55"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}