The Orphan From Shepherds Keep by Lindsay Law
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Book Title: The Orphan From Shepherds Keep:
Three Men, Three Intertwined Lives, One Rightful Place In Each Other's Heart - A Gay Novel
Author: Lindsay Law
Narrator: Bolton Marsh
Release Date: June 16, 2025
Pairing: MM
Tense/POV: Third person, mostly present tense, alternating POV
Genres: LGBTQ+ Coming of Age Fiction
Tropes: Coming of Age; Forbidden Love; Love Triangle; Unrequited Love; Slow Burn; Found Family; Bittersweet romance; Queer History background
Themes: Self-Acceptance / Identity Formation
Heat Rating: 3 flames
Length: 10 hours and 24 minutes
It is a standalone story and does not end on a cliffhanger.
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Over a period of thirty years, three gay men struggle to define themselves and make their mark on a turbulent and unwelcoming world that is so filled with anger that love has become a luxury.
The townsfolk describe him as “prettier than a boy should be.” ELI APPLE is embarrassed by such remarks but soon learns to celebrate all the pleasures his beauty invites. He possesses the voice of an angel and the sound of his tender falsetto echoes throughout the green forests that surround his New England home. A rough, older boy, FERRIS COOPER, dazzled by the youngster’s loveliness and captivated by the hymns he sings, secretly follows him on his daily walks. And into both their lives arrives BENJAMIN BERGER, savior to one and beloved by the other. The adventures of these three men become entwined in a surprising tapestry of love and betrayal over the course of thirty years.
Straddling the worlds of music, religion, and art, and set in an era that begins with Ronald Reagan describing America as a “shining city on a hill” and ends with Donald Trump’s legacy of “American carnage,” these characters come of age while America is coming apart. They celebrate as gay marriage is legalized and suffer as gun violence explodes across the country. And when a deadly virus threatens and nations close their borders, they must struggle to survive in an America they no longer recognize.
Emulating the warmth and complexity of male friendships as portrayed in Hannah Yanagihara’s A LITTLE LIFE while also embracing the earthy sensuality of the same-sex couples in Garth Greenwell’s CLEANNESS, the characters in THE ORPHAN FROM SHEPHERDS KEEP are real and imperfect and utterly unforgettable.
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Lindsay Law has produced scores of television plays, dozens of films, in addition to a pair of productions on Broadway. Many of these works have been nominated for Emmys, Tonys, and Oscars. He was the Executive Producer for the PBS drama series, AMERICAN PLAYHOUSE from 1981 to 1995. He was the President of Fox Searchlight Pictures from 1995 to 2000. He lives in Litchfield County, Connecticut. This is his first novel.
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