I'll Be a Stranger to You - Back Cover
Genres
Mainstream
Tags
Gay mormon expatriate russia 1990s
Summary
Lucas Tiller, the hero of I'll Be a Stranger to You, is a young American trying to run a software business in Moscow. He first traveled to Russia as a Mormon missionary. He has returned, now, with half-repressed memories of that early mission—especially of his old missionary companion, blond, handsome Viktor.
As a devout Mormon, Lucas can’t accept the possibility he’s gay. He’s married now, to his high-school sweetheart, the beautiful, gifted, troubled Marianne. She’s waiting for him at home in Boston.
And Lucas will go back, sooner than he planned. But over the next few months, several unforeseen things are about to take place in his personal life: events that will shake the foundations of his faith and identity, with aftershocks that will be felt for a long time to come.
Writer’s Note
Cara Diaconoff is the author of a story collection, Unmarriageable Daughters (Lewis-Clark Press, 2008) and a novel, I’ll Be a Stranger to You, currently seeking a publisher. Her stories have appeared individually in Indiana Review, Other Voices, South Dakota Review, and descant; her work has won fellowships from the Indiana Arts Commission and the Utah Arts Council and residencies at the MacDowell Colony. She has taught creative writing as a Visiting Writer at Whitman College, a lecturer at Texas Christian University, and a Peace Corps volunteer at colleges in Russia. She has recently completed a second novel, Marian Hall.