Someday This Pain Will Be Useful to You : A Novel (Paperback)

from DuncanMoron

Written by Peter Cameron this is a slice of life story of a few days in time with an 18 year old boy who is troubled with the transition of living in society as we know it. Living in New York City with a high powered attorney for a father and a fashion diva for a mother who also dabbles in owning...

from infinitechoice

Super-smart James tangles with his misfit status during and after his senior year in New York City. His razor-sharp observations are witty and often deadly accurate, yet James often uses his keen verbal ability to alienate other people. I have a soft spot for gifted, troubled narrators, and find ...

from MrsHillReads

He's smart, witty, gay & unable to connect with the world. James's family is SO dysfunctional...almost a stereotype. James is hard to figure out and in the long run, I didn't care about him very much. The adult in me just wanted to tell him to "grow up".

from lilibrarian

James lives in New York City. His parents are divorced, and he lives with his mother and older sister. His only friends are his grandmother and the man who runs his mother's art gallery. His dysfunctinal family and uncertainty about the future combine with his loneliness to cause problems.

from vampireeat

This book caught me eye during a YALSA program during the ALA Midwinter 2008 in Philadelphia. Mainly because the cover and description were somewhat vague as to the struggles of the main character. Wondering if maybe it was a young adult GLBT title (which I've never really read before) I was intr...