March 3, 2026
 March 3, 2026 This Bookreporter.com Special Newsletter spotlights a book that we know people will be talking about this spring. Read more about it, and enter our Spring Reading Contest by Wednesday, March 4th at noon ET for a chance to win one of five copies of THAT'S WHAT FRIENDS ARE FOR by Wade Rouse, which is now available. Please note that each contest is only open for 24 hours, so you will need to act quickly!  Our First Featured Book and Contest:  “By turns hilarious, tender, and devastating, Rouse’s novel explores what it means to be the sandwich generation of gays today --- caught between those who paved the way for equality, those who are too young to credit them, and a world that seems increasingly hostile.” In this poignant and hilarious story inspired by TV’s beloved “The Golden Girls,” bestselling author Wade Rouse celebrates love, aging, finding your people, and the art of impeccably timed one-liners. Theodore Copeland has created a fabulous life in the desert oasis of Palm Springs, where he shares a fabulous pink mid-century home with three fabulous friends: Barry, a former actor still clinging to his youth, his hair, and the memory of the dream role that killed his career; Ron, an uprooted Christian from the Midwest with a big heart but no one to give it to; Sid, who, after coming out late in life, has never found love. Teddy is the caustic, unspoken leader of “The Golden Gays” --- the foursome’s monthly drag tribute to “The Golden Girls.” Despite their foibles and bickering, they have turned their golden years into a golden era. But the harmony of their desert enclave becomes a carousel of emotional baggage when Teddy’s estranged sister, Trudy, shows up on their doorstep, her dramatic teenage granddaughter in tow. While Teddy keeps Trudy at arm’s length, she manages to wheedle her way into the lives of the Golden Gays, until the real reason for her visit is revealed and the secrets they’ve all been keeping from each other unravel faster than a hastily stitched hemline. A novel that gives thanks to “old” friends, THAT'S WHAT FRIENDS ARE FOR proves that while family may be the tie that binds, it’s the chosen family that truly keeps us together. Click here to enter the contest This is a special newsletter for our Spring Reading contests, which will mail on select days in March and April. This newsletter is separate from our weekly Bookreporter.com newsletter, which mails every Friday. You can subscribe to that newsletter here. You also can subscribe to our "On Sale This Week" newsletter, which mails every Tuesday, here. And you can sign up for our Events newsletter here. Please visit the other websites in TheBookReportNetwork.com: ReadingGroupGuides.com and AuthorsOnTheWeb.com. |
