When you purchase an independently reviewed book through our site, we earn an affiliate commission. OPEN, HEAVEN, by Sean Hewitt “Open, Heaven,” the first novel by the poet and memoirist Sean ...

Author Seán Hewitt discusses his debut novel, 'Open, Heaven,' a queer coming-of-age story about a 16-year-old boy.

One description of a dew-laden evening towards the end of the book is little short of breathtaking. Open, Heaven ends more than once, as Hewitt gives us gentle conclusions for both parts of the ...

In Open, Heaven, his first novel ... Towards the end of the book, as the boys share a tent, James inwardly rehearses all he might say. “I would be whoever he wanted…wear whatever mask he ...

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