ABOUT THE BOOK: This is the tale of a boy caught up in a redneck place and time. Born the sixth child of seven, Bobby Lee Curtis, calls “Granny Boop’s Big House†home. The VFW, his Mom the local drunk, and her hateful teachings lead him to doubt everything he knows.The details and honesty here are more revealing and compelling than most. Woven intricately with family, a pink house, friends and men he called lover, this battle rages on in his adult addictions. So begins a quest for love and happiness littered with uncountable tricks and strangers, moments of love and the death of his Momma.Accepting love and happiness for the brief moments that they really are, Bobby’s decision is made. Go home. All seven kids start their own families and most break the white trash curse handed them at birth.Using stories he likes to tell, mixed with personal journal entries, this story of a lost boy who becomes a man is a passionate and painfully real look at another side of America.Watch this boy play in the dark corners as he discovers a truth he was never taught. He likes boys! “Growing up Gay White Trash and Liking it,†makes his childhood struggles difficult but fun nonetheless.------------------------------------------------ -----------------------------NOW available at Lambda Rising, Barnes & Noble or at ------------------------ www.FrankieJames.com ------------------------------------------------------------ ------------- ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Raised in Southern Maryland, home was a small wooden house packed to the rafters with siblings and Mom. In this setting, the author was inspired to write “Granny Boop’s Big House.†An artist and a southerner to boot, storytelling came naturally for Frankie James. Through his talent for creativity and curiosity, the Curtis Family history is lovingly portrayed in painfully real detail. This is the writer’s first novel and he is currently working on more tales of the White Trash lifestyle to which he was once accustomed. His website invites you to peruse his artwork and to read tantalizing tidbits of stories yet to be told. Frankie James presently makes his home in the Washington DC area.------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------www.FrankieJames.com---------- ------------------------------------------------------------ ----------