Speaker 1: Please Come to Boston Fall this great time. Welcome to
Speaker 1: the WZ book Club. Jordan Rich here latest book from
Speaker 1: Gary Goldstein, an award winning writer of film, television and theater,
Speaker 1: and it's a novel called Please Come to Boston. Memories
Speaker 1: from that song in the seventies come floating back when
Speaker 1: you hear that title. It's set in the mid seventies
Speaker 1: with locales all around Boston that you'll recognize. Our characters
Speaker 1: are in their first semester at Boston University and the
Speaker 1: story is one of relationships between an eighteen year old
Speaker 1: freshman named Nicki, young and inexperienced, getting to know the
Speaker 1: city and upon moving into his dorm, he meets Joe,
Speaker 1: a friendly jock type. Adding to the relationship triumvirate is
Speaker 1: a girl named Laurie. The novel turns out to be
Speaker 1: not only a coming of age story, but a coming
Speaker 1: out story, involving the complexity of bisexual relationships and how
Speaker 1: people's lives evolve over the decades through the AIDS Crisis
Speaker 1: nine to eleven and beyond. Please Come to Boston by
Speaker 1: Gary Goldstein, with Our Fair City being one of the
Speaker 1: lead characters. And that's the book club w B z
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