The Bells of Times Square
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October 13, 2014
Lane (Christmas Kitsch) nearly misses the mark with this wartime romance, a touching story buried in an unfortunate framing device. The tragic story of Nathan Meyer, a gay Jewish photographer who worked for the OSS during WWII, opens with an overwrought interaction between elderly, post-stroke Nate and his grandson as they go to Times Square on New Year’s Eve to listen for magical bells. The story flashes back to Nate’s time in the service, when his curiosity during a spy mission compromises his position and leads to him being shot down over Moselle, France. Wounded and behind enemy lines, Nate is rescued by Walter, an escaped POW. A Florence Nightingale romance develops between the two men as they hide from Nazis and try to imagine a world where they can fight a just war and have a life together. The scenes with Nate and Walter are elegant and movingly rendered, but the book eventually collapses into summary and trite reflections on love and adjusting to life’s obstacles.
December 1, 2014
Every year since he returned from World War II, Nate Meyer has made a solitary, mysterious pilgrimage to New York's Times Square on New Year's Eve. This year, with Nate silenced by a stroke and wheelchair-bound, his grandson Blaine is doing the honors--and sharing a secret in the process. But Nate's thoughts drift back to an abandoned summerhouse in the German-held French woods and Walt Phillips, the soldier who had rescued Nate after he was shot down and with whom he had fallen in love. Compassion and humor temper the dark undercurrents of homophobia, anti-Semitism, and the ever-present wartime violence in a beautifully written book that for all its practical realism seems almost dusted with magic. VERDICT A poignant New Year's Eve trip to fulfill an old vow brings closure to one couple and a new beginning to another in this touching, bittersweet M/M love story that leaves readers with hope but may require a hanky or two. Lane (Beneath the Stain) lives in California.
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