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How to Survive a Summer follows Will Dillard, a graduate teaching assistant, as he revisits the painful memories of a gay-to-straight conversion camp he attended in Mississippi during his youth. With a horror film about the camp looming on the big screen, Will is compelled to face unresolved trauma, including his involvement in another camper's death. He embarks on a road trip that brings him back to the abandoned campgrounds, where he seeks answers and closure, illustrating the haunting influence of past experiences on present life in the American South.
First publish date: 2017
Genre: LGBTQ+ Fiction/Gay Fiction
Authors: Nick White
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