STRANO is Released

Éamon Mathews, inspired by the unfair treatment of LGBTs by the church, writes a thought-provoking novel that explored how one man reconciles the clashes of his sexual and spiritual dilemmas. "Strano" (published by Trafford Publishing) is a compelling look at a gay's life and love and belief.

A young Irishman named Damien struggles to find a shared intimacy and a sustained loving relationship in his life. His dilemma is to reconcile his gayness with his abiding Christian beliefs - as articulated for him in the Catholic Church's teaching. To be true to himself, he needs to be authentically gay and Christian, which, in his purview, is to be a faithful Catholic. Will his determination to get the best of both worlds build a bridge between the spiritual and the sexual?

"Primarily, a greater understanding of what it means to be gay," said Mathews on what he wants readers to take away from his writings, "consequent on that, a greater tolerance in society for those who have a same-sex orientation.

This excerpt from the book best summarizes the book's central theme:

"The most personal and intimate thing about me is my gay SOUL - an old name for an inner resource. Its very presence guarantees that I'm more than a salivating assemblage of social conditionings. This core is what guarantees me that, as a person with a distinctive pattern of human loving, I'm a subject of rights as well as responsibilities."

"Strano"
By Éamon Mathews
Softcover | 6 x 9in | 326 pages | ISBN 9781412079303
E-Book | 326 pages | ISBN 9781412205931
Available at Amazon and Barnes & Noble

About the Author
Irish author Éamon Mathews lives in the south of Ireland. He has studied and travelled extensively abroad. His academic background is in the humanities, his work-experience in teaching, counseling and writing. He is already published in (specialist) professional journals - current affairs, public morality and education. This is his début novel.

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