The Geography of Pluto by Christopher DiRaddo

It also easily represents the world of Modern Canada. This book is recommended for any library that collects gay fiction, especially one that is looking to reflect the wider world. Although Will has set up emotional barriers between himself and the people in his life, he is very open with us readers. DiRaddo has written this book in the first person and by the final page Will has become a friend you know well enough to call on the phone and have a chat with. He lives in Montreal where he is the founder and host of the Violet Hour.

Will Ambrose’s life is not a life of great events happening on a world stage but rather small “normal” life happening quietly in a regular world. Christopher DiRaddo is the author of The Family Way and The Geography of Pluto. For example, breaking up with boyfriend Max and starting a new relationship with James going out to gay bars with his lesbian best friend Angie and her friends drinking and visiting his mother on a regular basis and dealing with life and the world after his mom’s death from colon cancer. Visibility and Invisibility in the City: Looking for Sexual Identities in The Geography of Pluto by Christopher DiRaddo. His life changes are more quotidian in the gay world. He lives in Montreal where he is the founder and host of the Violet Hour reading series. The Geography of Pluto has many themes that are heavy on the heart: musings on the love we choose versus familial love, what it means to stray from what is expected of you, the hugeness of some. While the reader won’t find those changes as enormous as Pluto’s down-grade from a planet to a piece of space ice which happens towards the end of the book, nonetheless, they are as significant to Will. Christopher DiRaddo is the author of The Family Way and The Geography of Pluto.

The Geography of Pluto is the story of Will Ambrose, a late twenty-something middle school geography teacher living in Montreal, whose life is going through many changes. Im the author of two books: The Family Way (2021) and The Geography of Pluto (2014).