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The world is ending. A massive black hole has come into our galaxy and is gobbling everything up. There’s no hope for survival.
A month before the world ends, husbands Rodney and Don decide to go on a road trip. They have something they want to do before the earth cracks and the black hole takes everything.
The road trip is heartbreaking, both in hindsight when the reader knows what the husbands are trying to do and as it’s happening because of some of the people they encounter along the way.
This novella packs a punch. The author does a wonderful job of capturing nostalgia, wistfulness, and profound loss. I was frustrated a bit, wondering what was in the box that they carried so reverently to their final destination, but the story got to it all in good time.
The story is also about love – the good and bad of it – and is a sweet love letter to the elder gay men, who watched their friends die while they got the chance to grow old.
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