You Can't Choose Your Family
By Zahra Owens
Release Date Dec 1, 2010
File Formats epub, lit, pdf, prc
Jay and Fran have been a couple for twenty years. They have a great relationship with only one minor bone of contention: while Fran is very much a member of Jay's extended family, to Fran's family, Jay is just "his business partner." It's not that Fran doesn't want to come out to his family; it's more that they don't want to hear it.
When Fran's father, an evangelical minister, dies, Fran hopes the rest of his family will be more accepting. This hope is nipped in the bud by his very conservative older brother, so Jay's mother steps in and invites Fran's mother over for Christmas... but will joining Fran's happy-go-lucky in-laws be too much for Fran's mother, or will they help her see the truth of just how much Jay means to Fran?
Cover Artist: Catt Ford
Advent Calendar 2010 Advent Calendar | Naughty or Nice
Genres Gay / Holiday Romance
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Love and forgiveness at Christmas
By Becky Condit
on Dec 18, 2016 01:12
Jay and Fran are a committed gay couple, and have been for 20 years. However, while Jay has a family that loves and cares about both men, Fran's hate-filled preacher father has turned his family against Fran and the fact that he has a gay partner. The story begins with the death and funeral of Fran's father. It appears that there is hope that Fran's mother may be more welcoming that he had previously thought. However, Fran's brother puts a cold stop to that idea.
Jay's mother insists on inviting Fran's family to Thanksgiving dinner and a tentative peace begins. It flows and retreats. Old feelings die hard.
I loved all of the characters in this book, except Fran's brother. He's a necessary character, but not a loveable one. It is a wonderful Christmas season story, with love, forgiveness, and the gift of peace for anyone who is willing to accept it. A beautiful story.
Family Possibilities
By Katy Beth
on Dec 3, 2016 10:12
This is a story of a wonderful committed couple that have been able to be half open and half in the closet. Jay's family has always been warm and welcoming. But Fran's family have been closed off to them as a couple.
This story opens with a funeral just before the holiday season that may be the possibility of doors opening. As they move through Thanksgiving and Christmas Jay's family continues to be warm and welcoming not just to Fran but to his other family members as they begin to connect with each other. They offer support and model true caring and acceptance.
You can only hope and wish for a New Year that is filled with all the family embracing and loving each other.