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What if you fell in love with a Pagan?
And what if you were both gay? What would happen next?
In this paranormal romance, something is drawing seventeen-year-old Jesse Bryce toward the community of Pagans who live in "the village," just outside his rural Oklahoma town. Maybe it's that he has a crush on Griffin Holyoke, a tall, dark-haired boy with a tree tattooed all up his back. Or maybe it's that the Pagans accept Jesse for who he is, unlike his family--or his church, where he hears that being gay is a sin.
- After a man from the village is murdered while trying to prevent an assault on a girl from the town, Jesse's confusion at the town's unsympathetic reaction inspires him to set a mission for himself: to build a bridge of acceptance between the town and the village.
- As Jesse defies his parents and continues to visit the village, he witnesses mysterious rituals that haunt him with their beauty and intensity. And he falls in love with one enigmatic, mercurial Pagan who opens his eyes to a whole new world.
This first-person story explores what can happen when we make conclusions about others based on too little information, or on the wrong information. Whether we're misunderstanding each others' religions or each others' sexual orientation, everyone benefits from learning the truth. And everyone benefits from forgiveness.
Find out what happens. Scroll up and order your copy today.
- Sales Rank: #777229 in Books
- Published on: 2015-09-07
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 9.00" h x 1.02" w x 6.00" l, 1.31 pounds
- Binding: Paperback
- 406 pages
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From the readers of Throwing Stones...
"Reardon is such a compassionate writer that even unsympathetic, even unlikable, characters are treated with respect. I cannot emphasize enough how talented and creative this author is. Get this book, and you won't be disappointed."
"Reardon writes with a sense of immediacy that brought me directly into the action and into the world of two very different communities. She creates characters with genuine depth and makes me care what happens to them. Read this book! You'll beglad you did."
"Readers of Robin Reardon's other work know what to expect by now: an endearing, well-developed, and introspective LGBTQ protagonist, a twisting plot worthy of the craziest telenovela, and deep explorations of myriad subjects highlighted by especially deep discussions of religious concerns."
From the Author
Are you afraid of Pagans?
Throwing Stones is a bookthat might challenge readers on a couple of fronts. First, like all mybooks, it revolves around a gay teen and, yes, his love interest.Second? Well, although all my books include some aspect of religion orreligious practice -- either metaphorically or front-and-center -- thisone will present some readers with a new challenge.
My dentistloves my books (no, he's not gay; he just loves my books), and his staff members know it. Last time I was there, his bookkeeper asked me what Iwas working on now. I said, "I'm writing a story about a teen who wantsto reconcile his family and the people in his town with a group ofPagans who..." I stopped before I could finish my sentence, because hereyes had gone wide. Very wide. But not, I would have said, withinterest. It was the kind of surprise that borders on fear. The word"Pagans" shocked her.
I live in eastern Massachusetts, an areaknown for progressive attitudes and where I would have expected thatanyone I spoke to would perhaps be intrigued by the idea of a Pagancommunity. I did not expect fear.
Paganism is a world religion.Pagan worship and practice can take many different forms, as canChristianity, Judaism, Islam, Buddhism -- that is, as can any religion.Adherents might practice Wicca or they might not. They might see theircentral figure as The Goddess or they might not. They might belong to agrove (or parish) or they might not. They might take the eight annualsabbats, or holy days, very seriously, or they might not. In otherwords, Pagans are people, and Paganism is a belief system -- that is, areligion.
What Pagans are not is devil worshippers. In myresearch for the story, I couldn't find any evidence that Pagans evenacknowledge (let alone believe in) any concept that equates to theJudeo-Christian devil. What I found was an extremely diverse, autonomous collective of individual people whose credo, "An it harm none, do as ye will," is even more challenging to follow faithfully than the Christian Golden Rule ("Do unto others as you would have done to you."). ThePagan credo challenges members to understand others--as well asthemselves, for they are not to harm themselves, either -- as well aspossible before taking action, or they can't know what harm might bedone.
Throwing Stones throws one metaphorical stone right between the widened eyes of people who fear and condemn the "other," the"different," without making an effort to understand that other. Thishappens to Pagans. And it happens to gays. It needs to stop.
About the Author
Robin Reardon is an inveterate observer of human nature, and her primary writing goal is to create stories about all kinds of people, some of whom happen to be gay or transgender--people whose destinies are not determined solely by their sexual orientation or identity. Her secondary writing goal is to introduce readers to concepts or information they might not know very much about. See the "Digging Deeper" sections on most of the individual book pages at robinreardon.com for links to background information and research done for the novels. Interests outside of writing include singing, nature photography, and the study of comparative religion. Robin writes in a butter yellow study with a view of the Boston, Massachusetts skyline.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful.
Makes you question if we quit too soon? I love this book. A Rare Book To Show Pagan Folk Fairly in Fiction
By Tidal Ashburn
I just finished reading Throwing Stones. I found this book to be stunning. We meet Jesse Brice; he comes from a good Christian family. He goes to public school and he makes friends. Some of his friends are in “The Village.” They are the Pagans, those who are from the wrong side of the tracks, the butt of jokes and those the first under suspicion for any tragedy real or imagined.
Jesse is gay and that does not fly too well with his conservative home, they are not thrilled that he came out. Jesse is bullied at school and that makes it worse.
He feel like a man without a country at home, he is shunned and rejected, at the village he is accepted, and yet he cannot reconcile that he still loves his family and despite their rejection and hurt, he realized they still love him.
This book is marvelous because it shows the frailties of both sides it demonizes no one. It shows the power of what one young man can do when he is more focused on building bridges and not walls. It shows mirrors to everyone the biases that can blind us in the face of anger, rage, and betrayal.
Jesse is drawn to the inhabitants of the village. He is shunned by his family, bullied at school and prohibited to see the only people who understand him. At first he thinks it is hormones that draw him to the inhabitants of the village but he slowly learns it is not that but something more substantial something so deep yet understand nor deny it is something very real.
One of the powerful strengths of this story was that it was NOT preachy or heavy-handed. I really made me think. Jesse does some really brave to bring both sides together. What I found interesting is the way he did it. The writer was a genius because it revealed some of the biases and suspicions that both sides so clearly embrace.
I realized that if it had been me, I would have thrown so many of these people away after the first abuse and never looked back without a second thought. Jesse chooses not to do that he persevered. It made me contemplate the many times in my life that I threw someone away too quickly or the many times that someone had gave up on me too quickly. Then I wondered how differently my life would have been if that had not happened.
For many years, I have been all about building bridges and not making walls so my heart was open to hear and listen to Jesse’s message. As the story unfolds, we begin to understand why some of the difficult people to care about in the story became that way.
Jesse finds peace, love, and people mend fences. This is not a flowery book with a cutesy TV movie Hallmark Christmas time Happy Ending. It is real people with real emotion. It has a happy conclusion but it only comes because people are genuine, real, and honest with others and themselves.
Lastly, this book is one of the very few books with Pagan characters that I have been pleased to see Pagan people honestly portrayed, neither perfect nor demonic but only human. The truth is people rarely have life changing moments because of one conversation. Here is a real secret about Pagan people and about regular people too actually, when it comes to growth. It happens incrementally in time, in stages with up’s and downs, they evolve; this realistic quality is what makes this book so very real. Too many books give characters epiphanies too easily that do not require work.
When the Pagan’s in this book practice their religion or rituals they are realistic, they are honestly portray what Pagan’s really do. They are not stupid vehicles to escape problems, take people choices, find excuses for drunken orgies, fix poorly conceived plot holes or most offensively to absolve the main character of personal responsibility, substitute magick for hard work, tenacity, perseverance and having difficult conversations.
This book has a happy ending and I must confess I did need tissue on several occasion but they were honestly earned and not the manipulative pulling of heart strings of sentamentality. We see a young teenager grow into manhood and change an entire community and more importantly embrace who he really is, find wholeness and not compromise who he is.
I love this book. It provides a wonderful opportunity to open communication for some very important conversations as well as to build bridges of love and understanding.
I apologize if this review is long winded and the last think I want to leave the reader with is the impression that this is a stuffy , long boring, heavy handed preachy boring book I promise it is not any of those things. It is a loving book with many characters that we get to know, and care about. I left feeling very satisfying and a bit more equipped to understand people who I knew were not malevolent but puzzling to me. Without hesitation, this book is worth every star I gave it. This book is a rewarding treat and well worth your time.
Tidal Ashburn
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful.
Robin Reardon's newest book is GREAT!
By Eric McDermott
I have to be honest; I have yet to read one of Robin Reardon's books without falling in love with the book, and "Throwing Stones" is no exception. All of her books have a strong gay characters that are trying to come to terms with their own feelings and dealing with friends/family/communities as they are in the process of coming out. But she also tackles other themes that are in the forefront of our society today: transgender issues (Educating Simon), Intelligent Design and mental illness (Evolution of Ethan Poe), and fundamentalist religion (The Revelations of Jude Conner- a special favorite as it is set in Idaho where I live). Her novels use the other issues to address the themes of hatred, discrimination, ostracism, and acceptance. These issues are then used to also show how the gay population in our country is treated in similar fashion. Her newest novel, "Throwing Stones," is no exception and is a great addition to Ms. Reardon's canon. As in many of her other books, religion and its part in our society, both positive and negative, takes a central role.
"Throwing Stones" is the story of Jesse Birch, a teenager living in a small town in south-eastern Oklahoma. Jesse finds himself falling head-over-heels for Griffin Holyoke, a hot, young fellow classmate. The problem is that Griffin is from the "village," a group of Pagans that live in a community on the southern edge of Jesse's small town. The people of the "village" have been accused of everything from vampirism and child-stealing to witchcraft and devil-worship. As Jesse spends more time with Griffin and his "people" he begins to realize that these stories are completely wrong. When his affection for Griffin, who is straight, are not returned Jesse turns his attention to another dark and brooding young man in the village, Ronan, who does return Jesse's interest. As the story progesses, Jesse tries to get his conservative family to understand both his homosexuality and the truth behind the people of the village. Along with the daughter of his church's minister, Jesse forms a student group at his school as an attempt to bridge the gap of misinformation between the two communities. The leaders of the town and the village also get in on Jesse's mission to bring the two groups together. As the contacts between the townies and the villagers increase, incidents of vandalism and violence increase threatening not only Jesse, but his friends and family as well. And through it all, Jesse is trying to work through his relationship with Ronan, who doesn't agree with Jesse's attempts to bring the two communities closer.
One of the great strengths of Robin's books is the depth of research she must do in order to be able to talk about these issues in such great detail. (Its also why we have to wait SO LONG between the release of her new novels!) Whether its dealing with the topic of Paganism and what it IS and ISN'T, talking about rockhounding in south-eastern Oklahoma, or describing the process of setting up a controversial school club (in this case a TVA,a town-village alliance, as opposed to a GSA, a gay-straight alliance), her books are always full of pertinent information necessary for the story without being so overly detailed as to cause the story to drag. I always learn something when reading her books.
Many of the other reviews talked about the amount and graphicness of the sex scenes in Throwing Stones. Personally, I didn't find it to have a greater amount or more graphic sex than many other YA novels written today. If you add all of the "sex scenes" together they add up to slightly over 2 pages of an more than 300 page novel. As a teacher of high school freshman, many of the books my students are reading have as much sex, or more, as this book. I wonder if the issue has to do with the fact that it is gay sex that is described and we still are a bit more concerned over its description in YA novels than straight sex. I wouldn't put this book in a junior high library, but think it is fine as a high school YA novel. But I will admit, I do tend to be more liberal on this topic than some.
In conclusion, I loved Robin Reardon's new novel. Now I just have to wait a year or so for her next one.
One last comment, I absolutely LOVED the cover on this book. It is the best cover on any of her books. I know that doesn't have anything to do with the story, but wanted to congratulate Ms. Reardon for a great choice.
Now for the obligatory disclaimer: I recieved a free copy of this novel in exchange for an honest review. But I will also admit that I have ordered a print copy of it to add to my collection.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful.
ANOTHER WONDERFUL BOOK FROM AN INCREDIBLE AUTHOR!
By Kevin Pendry
I have read all of Robin's books, and I have loved them all. This one is probably my favorite one SO FAR. Being a gay pagan myself, I completely understood the characters. Robin is such a compassionate writer that even unsympathetic, even unlikable, characters are treated with respect. I cannot emphasize enough how talented and creative this author is. Get this book, and you won't be disappointed. Then get all her other books! Believe me, you'll want to. Thanks for another wonderful, enlightened book, Ms.Reardon. Every gay teenager out there is so lucky to have your books to turn to. Make that every READER out there is lucky to have your books. I'm glad I'm one of them!
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