{"id":20765,"date":"2022-09-15T20:33:19","date_gmt":"2022-09-16T00:33:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/?p=20765"},"modified":"2022-09-19T20:03:29","modified_gmt":"2022-09-20T00:03:29","slug":"the-other-side-of-the-roses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/20765","title":{"rendered":"The Other Side of the Roses"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Other Side of the Roses<\/a><\/em> (2017) R. Cooper<\/a><\/p>\n

\"The<\/a>Sami is content to live at home, while working as an aide in a nursing home. But he worries his family is disappointed in him.<\/p>\n

\u201cMaybe I\u2019ve already met my future husband,\u201d he lamented. \u201cMaybe he said \u2018There is Sami, who lives at home and works as an orderly,\u2019 and he ran away, never to return.\u201d <\/p>\n

His aunt shook the cart until Sami had to stand up. \u201cMaybe he said \u2018Look at this kind boy who helps people abandoned by their families feel better\u2019 and he went away to work on becoming worthy of you.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

When Sami runs into the boy next door, who he had a crush on all through school, his first action is to be kind.<\/p>\n

His next action is to assume nothing can come of it, because Toby’s mother disliked Sami and his family.<\/p>\n

\u201cI hate you so much,\u201d she said shortly, before hanging up again. Then she sent several texts. Ah the nghbr boy w\/ the bitch mom. Ur family hates his family etc etc<\/em>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I picked this story up because one of the characters is on the autism spectrum.<\/p>\n

Toby twisted his mouth in dissatisfaction, or embarrassment. \u201cI forget sometimes, to say things. Small talk is difficult for me.\u201d He made eye contact again. \u201cI don\u2019t want to be rude, so I\u2019ve learned to ask.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

It was a cute short story, and it was nice to see the representation, but otherwise it wasn’t especially memorable.<\/p>\n

Rating: 6\/10<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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But he worries his family is disappointed in him. \u201cMaybe I\u2019ve already met my future husband,\u201d he lamented. \u201cMaybe he said \u2018There is Sami, who lives at home and works […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[292,608,196,148,26],"tags":[508,544,200],"class_list":["post-20765","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ebook","category-neurodiversity","category-novella","category-queer","category-romance","tag-asd","tag-mm","tag-r-cooper"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/piQkW-5oV","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":19937,"url":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/19937","url_meta":{"origin":20765,"position":0},"title":"Banquet of Lies","author":"Michelle","date":"April 6, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Banquet of Lies (2013) Michelle Diener (Regency London) I needed to reread this as well. 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