Adrian Stockwell and Ezra Cherevin both battle the fallout from their broken families. Yet each one's strategy is as different as each one's past. Adrian's childhood was left void by apathy; Ezra's upended by violence. The written word soon becomes their therapy, their escape. This shared passion for literature is the vehicle that brings them together.
But their journey is filled with personal and familial potholes. Can these two young men carve out a life together by learning to navigate a sea of challenges? And can the people in their lives do the same?
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When Barry's first collection of stories was read aloud by his second grade teacher, the author hid. As the years flew by, he wrote more, hid less (not really), and branched out to Super 8 films and cassette tape recorders. Barry's audience-consisting solely of friends and family-were both amused and bemused.
Since those childhood days, Barry has earned degrees in English and French from the State University of New York College at Brockport, and a Master of Arts in Writing from the Johns Hopkins University.
His stories, novels, and screenplays have received: Grand Prize and 1st Place in the Rhode Island International Screenplay Competition, Gold Medal in the 2012 Foreword Book of the Year Awards, Semi-Finalist status in the 14th Annual American Zoetrope Screenplay Contest, Finalist in the Lambda Literary Awards, Finalist for the Ferro-Grumley Award, and Finalist in the 2016 Arch and Bruce Brown Foundation Competition.
When not embroiled in his own writing, Barry sips wine, nibbles on chocolate, and watches films and TV-both the classic and the cheesy. (Mmm...cheese!)
For more information, visit barrybrennessel.com.