In this, his fourth novel, he considers pressing questions. In Comfort and Joy Jim Grimsley finds a marriage between the stark and stunning pain of his prize-winning Winter Birds and the passion of critically acclaimed Dream Boy. How does a man reconcile the child he was raised to be with the man that he truly is? What happens when an adult has to choose between his parents and a lover?
When Ford and Dan begin to explore the limits of their relationship, Dan's own secrets are exposed-and his mysterious and painful childhood returns to haunt him. Ford catches one such Christmas concert and his life is never quite the same he is touched in a place he keeps hidden, forbidden. Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 21.95 (291pp) ISBN 978-1-56512-250-5 Continuing to follow the life of Danny Crell, introduced in his debut, Winter Birds. a Lila-Wallace-Readers Digest Writers Award winner and Comfort and Joy. Behind the tempered facade of the shy hospital administrator is a singer who can transform a room with his soaring voice, leaving his listeners in awe and reverence. Jim Grimsley is the author of four previous novels, among them Winter Birds. But how charmed is this life when Ford's own heart suspects that he is not meant to spend his life with a woman? His suspicions are confirmed when he meets Dan Crell.ĭan is a quiet man with a great voice. He comes from an old Savannah family where his parents, attentive to his future, focus their energies on finding their son-their golden boy-a girl to marry. Ford McKinney leads a charmed life: he's a young doctor possessing good looks, good breeding, and money.
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