TROY FORD

Wanted to share some of the reviews I received on NetGalley………..

“I was reading this book during my lunch break at the office and ended up sobbing. That’s how good and heart-wrenching it is.” – Anna Y.

“I really enjoyed the snapshot-esque writing and the focus was intensely on coming of age…. with a twist; there was a central focus on recovering from being heavily bullied. It was a different perspective, and really let me lean into my own experiences with being bullied as well. Pretty insightful and raw.” – Becca D.

“This was such a unique take on a young man’s life story. We get the majority of the story through anecdotes told by an old friend, interspersed with diary entries and poetry written by the main focus of the story ‘Lamb’. Filled with heartbreak and tough subjects, following gay men through the aftermath of the aids epidemic, this story was a hard read at times … Definitely worth a read.” – Nell W.

“Lamb is a gut-punch of a novel—raw, lyrical, and devastating in all the ways that matter. Troy Ford writes with the kind of emotional precision that leaves you breathless, weaving a story that’s as much about silence and survival as it is about pain and identity … Ford’s prose is stunning—sparse but powerful, like every word was carved out with intention. The emotional undercurrents run deep, and I found myself sitting with certain passages, just absorbing the ache and beauty of them. This is not a comfortable read, but it is an essential one.” – Moira F.

“You really get a sense of what it was like at the time and how much of a different world it was the anxieties of the time but also that sense that things were somehow fleeting and that while the world was big yours was so very small. This book is quite the unique vibe I don’t think I’ve read many (or any) books that capture the feeling of the era in such a raw, honest and somehow homesick way, it’s well worth the read just for that part … To make a long story short, it was a bleak, quick and sometimes heartbreakingly beautiful read.” – Ghost S.