Tin Man

A wife and mother brings home a copy of Van Gogh's sunflowers, which becomes her moment of respite from her everyday world. Her son Ellis dreams of becoming an artist, and his friend Michael also finds the painting very special.

Ellis's mother wanted him to finish school, but after her death, his father insists he leaves school to work at the town factory. Ellis becomes a 'tin man,' fixing dents to perfection. The painting disappears.

Michael and Ellis form a special friendship, which leaves Michael love-struck while Ellis closes off. When Ellis falls for Annie, the friendship between these three brings joy to Ellis and Annie, but Michael has to move on. Except he never does.

With beautiful language and poignancy, Tin Man by Sara Winman is the story of a love triangle of the late 20th c, a time when working-class men didn't talk about sexual orientation, and when AIDS was claiming the lives of beautiful young men barely in their twenties.

I received a free ebook through First To Read in exchange for a fair and unbiased review.