{"product_id":"beloved-disciples","title":"Beloved Disciples","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA dazzling gay love story where devotion sparkles in memory, obsession dances on the edge of reality, and a young man discovers the power of first love.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSimón fell in love the first night he stepped into the only gay club in his unnamed coastal hometown. Albi fell too, despite Simón's quirks--the way he blinks to capture a memory, the way his hands fly when he talks, his inescapable toomuchness. Their first kiss comes on the beach, beneath mango trees. \u003ci\u003eBlink.\u003c\/i\u003e A season on their secret shore. \u003ci\u003eBlink.\u003c\/i\u003e The hidden garden Albi tends behind the rectory. \u003ci\u003eBlink. \u003c\/i\u003eCandles on a coconut cake for his twenty-sixth birthday. \u003ci\u003eBlink. Blink. Blink.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut when Albi dies unexpectedly, Simón is left wandering in memories that feel more alive than the present. Friends and family--his Tía Cachita, best friend Lenita, and estranged mother--come to pull him back. He must choose: remain faithful to a love that haunts him, or rebuild a world without Albi.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith prose \"that reverberates with heartfelt intensity, blurring the line between the erotic and the tender, the dreamlike and the real\" (Saleem Haddad, \u003ci\u003eGuapa\u003c\/i\u003e), Elías' debut novel celebrates the intensity of first love, the endurance of devotion, and the search for found family.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mario Elías","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47604992540908,"sku":"9781612943374","price":21.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0684\/1791\/3068\/files\/9781612943374.jpg?v=1778119285","url":"https:\/\/allstora.com\/products\/beloved-disciples","provider":"Allstora","version":"1.0","type":"link"}