![]() His father wouldn't understand, and his overportective mother would make his sexual identity into a project. Jeremy is uncomfortable with the way the two men treat him, especially when they talk about how he must be interested in girls Jeremy is pretty sure his romantic interest are with guys, but he doesn't want to tell his parents. ![]() At some point, Jeremy will have to decide which parent he will live with, but for now he is stuck with his busy, college professor father who keeps springing new, unusual rules on Jeremy, and his bro-tastic uncle. He and his father spend two weeks in an uncle's rental house while his mother cleans out and moves to another town for a better job. Sadly, he is able to go when his parents finally get divorced after years of bickering. ![]() Twelve-year-old Jeremy lives in Oregon but doesn't remember ever having visited the coast. ![]()
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