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Patrick C. Notchtree

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Gay and Lesbian, Biography, Memoir

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Patrick now lives in the north of England with his wife and has his son and granddaughters nearby. Much of his life is reflected in the biographical trilogy "The Clouds Still Hang", so to repeat too many biographical details here would be something of a 'spoiler'!
The memoir was my first book. My fifth book is now out on Kindle and paperback, called "Maxym". ...more

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Average rating: 4.06 · 302 ratings · 34 reviews · 17 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Clouds Still Hang (The Clouds Still Hang, #1-3) 4.13 avg rating — 128 ratings — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Maxym: I am a male, and males are not afraid. 4.71 avg rating — 42 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Book of Daniel (The Clouds Still Hang #1) 3.98 avg rating — 46 ratings — published 2012 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dancing with Panthers 4.05 avg rating — 42 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Apostrophe Catastrophe: And Other Grammatical Grumbles 3.27 avg rating — 15 ratings — published 2016 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Clouds Still Hang 2, The Sixties, The Dark Decade 4.63 avg rating — 8 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Clouds Still Hang 3, Pandora's Box 3.86 avg rating — 7 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Hunting Harry 2.75 avg rating — 8 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Sixties, the Dark Decade (The Clouds Still Hang #2) 1.67 avg rating — 3 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Little Book of Islam, a guide for curious westerners really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Patrick Notchtree rated a book really liked it The Prosecutor: One Man’s Battle to Bring Nazis to Justice by Jack Fairweather	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Read for a book club, report on the meeting I am guessing that this book might not be everyone's cup of tea, but I found it fascinating. I am an historian and of German history in particular so for me, this book was made to measure. I learned a lot ab ...more
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Read for an LGBT book club This book explores the early fight for gay + rights in Victorian England. Inspired by real figures, it follows two men - John and Henry - who collaborate on a revolutionary book challenging societal norms around sexuality. A ...more
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Read for an LGBT book club Spoiler Alerts When we picked Box Hill, we thought we were in for a quick read - barely 140 pages! A gay love story set in the 1970s! Motorbikes! Leather! Gay bikers! What's not to like? A lot. What we got was a quiet, uncomfo ...more
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"A Room above a Shop" by Anthony Shapland Read for a book club This is a bleak book, melancholy from start to end. It reminded me of Thomas Hardy, an author whom I find depressing. But then for gay men in those days, it was depressing. Denied the chanc ...more
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"For Real" by Alexis Hall Summary of Book Club Review If you like homoerotica then this book will suit you It was chosen on the basis of the author's other works, not for its sex content though. It reminds me of "Pansies" in that they meet at a venue, ...more
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The Last of the Wine, Mary Renault - read in a book club. The lack of line breaks for each new speaker was confusing and detracts from the readability of the book. That is not easy for a modern reader anyway because its style is somewhat dated compare ...more
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“In Simon's eyes, he was the most beautiful creature walking on God's Earth.”
― Patrick C. Notchtree, The Clouds Still Hang

tags: betrayal, betrothal, life-experiences, sexual-abuse, sexual-violence, teenagers, tragedy, traumatic-childhood, trilogy, triumph

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“Her hand touched his hardness "You're a big boy," she said, playfully."Had no complaints," replied Simon.”
― Patrick C. Notchtree, The Clouds Still Hang

tags: dare-to-dream, determination, difficulty, dreams, grit, hope, inspiring, life-goals, life-journey

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“So began a divorce between his body and brain that would be problematical for Simon in the years to come.”
― Patrick C. Notchtree, The Clouds Still Hang