Boyfriends of Dorothy

The Real Thing collection

By: Wednesday Martin

Narrated by: Wednesday Martin

In her love letter to her gay “boyfriends,” New York Times bestselling author Wednesday Martin shows just how an unconditional - and nontraditional - romance transformed the life of a teenage outsider forever.

As an awkward high schooler, Wednesday struggled to find her place in Grand Rapids. Until a handsome senior encouraged her to believe how talented, smart, and wonderfully different she was. Naturally, Wednesday fell for him...He was falling, too. For another boy. Yet this one-sided crush proved life altering, paving the way for a string of “boyfriends” who offered Wednesday something deeper than physical connection.

Boyfriends of Dorothy is part of The Real Thing, a collection of moving, hilarious, and big-hearted essays on the modern realities of friendship, romance, commitment, and love, with art by Geoff McFetridge. Each story can be read - or listened to - in a single sitting.

©2018 Wednesday Martin (P)2018 Brilliance Publishing, Inc., all rights reserved

Mesmerizing

Great story of self discovery. Hung onto and enjoyed each and every word! Thank you Wednesday!

Gay Adjacent

This was fine. I had many girlfriends so I get it but this was a bit bland.

Grand Rapids

Wednesday gets Grand Rapids right. Her descriptions resonated with my own memories even though I grew up in a Dutch Reformed neighborhood in the 50s. Being an outsider in a town proud of its sameness grew my own uniqueness. My mid-century modern architect father was responsible for many of those churches. Fun read!

Short and Poingnant

Loved this brilliant little look into a culture I grew up in and did not, until this moment, recognize.

Short & Sweet

A short listen to an interesting topic. I heard the author on a podcast & decided to download the book. Loved the ending.

It was okay...

Boyfriends of Dorothy, written and narrated by Wednesday Martin is Book 2 in The Real Thing collection. I wanted to love it. I just didn't, unfortunately. Like the first book in this series, I found it to be a bit boring and pointless, though the author does a good job as narrator. The ending was good and made me smile, but I found the rest of the book to be negative, which makes for a difficult listen. Perhaps her pessimism was meant to be humorous, but for me, it was a bit of a turn-off. I feel bad because those who read the book found it to be very well-written and gave it a high rating (based on the reviews from Amazon). Only one person who posted a review, besides myself, listened to it, and we both gave it the same rating. I like the length and the theme of the collection as a whole, but this one just didn't do it for me. I still plan to move on to Book 3 because I'm curious in hearing what the next author adds to this collection. Thank you for reading my review.