Title: Getting Life in Perspective Author: Toby Johnson Published by: Lavender Press, 1991 ISBN: 0-938743-17-1 [trade paper, 209 pages]
When warned by his doctor to rest, Rick Carton, a jaded and disillusioned editor with a Boston publishing house, retires to a neglected old mansion in the Texas hill country to write the novel he's always intended to. But, he discovers that he is not alone . . .Getting Life in Perspective is a post-modern ghost story featuring two lovable Topperesque apparitions from turn-of-the-century America who haunt the sometimes bewildered writer struggling to face the enormous problems of contemporary society -- and gay men in particular -- as the 21st century is about to turn.
Getting Life in Perspective is a sweet, occasionally sexy, surprisingly wise, and thoroughly entertaining mytho-historical romance with a gay-positive spiritual message woven in -- along with just a touch of the Twilight Zone.
Readers of Toby Johnson's best selling Secret Matter will recognize the innocent and life-affirming message and be just as pleased with the enjoyable read of this novel.
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