{"id":130,"date":"2024-05-04T05:55:50","date_gmt":"2024-05-04T05:55:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deborah-ballard.com\/wp1\/?page_id=130"},"modified":"2024-05-07T20:01:50","modified_gmt":"2024-05-07T20:01:50","slug":"solitary-an-lgbt-love-story","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/deborah-ballard.com\/wp1\/solitary-an-lgbt-love-story\/","title":{"rendered":"Solitary"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-f56f613f wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:100%\">\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">An LGBT Love Story<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull has-accent-2-background-color has-background has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-81ad0099 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-f56f613f wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:100%\">\n<p class=\"has-heading-font-family has-x-large-font-size wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"line-height:1.2\">An intimate story of friendship, kindness, compassion and support, that turns into a love story with unexpected twists.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/B072R2RPL8\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"791\" height=\"1024\" class=\"wp-image-132\" style=\"width: 464px; 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The girls think he&#8217;s gay, the gay boys don&#8217;t think he is.&nbsp; Ted is terrified that anyone will find out the&nbsp;truth,&nbsp;until he meets a young girl who tells him exactly what she wants.&nbsp; Daisy gets more than she bargains for, but is she ready to find out that Ted is really a Lesbian?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For almost 2 decades, Ted has hidden his secret behind deception, humor, misdirection, confusion, and theater.&nbsp; However, Daisy begins to see through the mask, and begins to see the pain, she begins to see Tina.&nbsp; After being trusted with such a precious secret, how can Daisy live the life she wants without breaking Tina&#8217;s heart?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This is set in the late 1970s, during the early days of the Gay\u00a0Liberation movement, and the infancy of\u00a0Dr\u00a0\u00a0Harry Benjamin&#8217;s remarkable method of saving the lives of girls like Tina.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An LGBT Love Story An intimate story of friendship, kindness, compassion and support, that turns into a love story with unexpected twists. 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