"Timely and relevant, this is a love story of the most contemporary kind. It's a rare and beautiful glimpse into an intimate, but platonic relationship between a gay English teacher and his young female protégée - each seeking connection and acceptance. Now the student-turned-author looks back at the decade of letters that preceded her teacher's untimely death. She collects the shards left by their clumsy, sometimes violent attempts to unmask each other and counts the cost of knowing and being known. ..."--Back cover.