Alistair's Reviews > Big Gay Wedding

The eagerly awaited (by me) second novel from Lane, author of the laugh-out-loud “A Star is bored”. A Big gay wedding is about- await drum roll - a big gay wedding. But it’s equally about the mother of one of the grooms: Chrissy Durang, widowed mother of Barnett, who, as his mother and a good Christian woman, is not totally on board with the idea; she is in denial about the sexuality of her son, despite many years of becoming familiar with the notion.
Chrissy runs a farm, primarily a refuge for unwanted animals, and since her beloved John died, and Barnett has scarpered to the metropolis, the animals are her family. (Be warned: Elaine the Sheep may start the waterworks). Indeed the “Farmer Mom” inscribed on her belt tells only half of it. Chrissy is desperate for Barnett to take over the farm; but when he comes to visit, she thinking he’s here to stay; he trying to tell her he’s getting married to Ezra, and won’t be staying, well, you have the classic dilemma. Do I stay, or do I go.
Chrissy’s distress heightens when Ezra’s twin sister Nichole (the wedding planner from hell) arrives with his parents, the functioning alcoholic Vanessa and her ever-silent husband, Winston. Lane is so good with his peripheral characters; not that Barnett and Ezra are not interesting, but it serves a point to this author’s ability to make one laugh and cry.
Bring on the next one.