Life can be rough when you are a a kid with two dads, hair spikes, and a skateboard habit in a small town, but it can be harder when something terrible is going on next door. Michael Harmon's Last Exit to Normal interested me with struggles between Ben and the rest of the town.
The plot begins. When Ben was fourteen his father came out, his mother left, and his dad's boyfriend moved in. After a few years of trouble, Ben's dad and step dad, uproot him and they go to Rough Butte, Montana. They end up living with Edward's mom, Miss Mae. Ben starts learning physical work. He develops an attraction for Kimberly Johan a girl who lives four houses down from him. She invites him on a work date, baling hay. His stepfather takes him to by the right clothes for the job. Then he goes home and his father asks what on earth has happened to to my son, is he sick? His stepfather says no, just in love. They go on a date and get caught up in a terrible storm and have to save Kimberly's uncle Morgan. When Ben steals antlers from Mr. Hinks, the dad of Billy, he does it because no one seems to care for Billy. His dad does not talk to him when he is quote homophobic. When Hinks and Paul, Ben's dad, get into a fight, Ben attempts to make it right, because the fight was over him. Will the struggles in the town be fixed? Read the book and find out.
I recommend to people who enjoy stories about people coming into their own. I also think this book would be good for people to read who are having struggles with a parent.
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