Iowa by Patrick Moore

Moore, a major performance artist in New York and Los Angles, has written a novel that resonates with enough truth and harsh realities to make its honest sentiment stand out like a beacon in a difficult world. Iowa is the story of Wayne, a gay man who after living a fast-lane gay life in New York, must face the past when he goes home for his father's funeral. Moore's compassion and intelligence shows through on every page, and Iowa ends up being a tale not so much of familial reconciliation as gay reaffirmation and discovery.