Planting His Dream

By: Andrew Grey

Narrated by: Derrick McClain

Foster dreams of getting away, but after his father's death, he has to take over the family dairy farm. It soon becomes clear his father hasn't been doing the best job of running it, so not only does Foster need to take over the day-to-day operations, he also needs to find new ways of bringing in revenue.

Javi has no time to dream. He and his family are migrant workers, and daily survival is a struggle, so they travel to anywhere they can get work. When they arrive in their old van, Foster arranges for Javi to help him on the farm.

To Javi's surprise, Foster listens to his ideas and actually puts them into action. Over days that turn into weeks, they grow to like and then care for each other, but they come from two very different worlds, and they both have responsibilities to their families that neither can walk away from. Is it possible for them to discover a dream they can share? Perhaps they can plant their own and nurture it together to see it grow, if their different backgrounds don't separate them forever.

©2016 Andrew Grey (P)2016 Dreamspinner Press

Beautiful story

This story was totally heart wrenching and tore at my whole being. It was truly an enjoyable experience. He

A must read for any farm kid

This is a wonderful book, It reminds me of growing up on our dairy. I wish there were more gay books with an agricultural theme.

Great story

Andrew Grey has a gift for writing heartwarming stories, this is no exception !
A discovery on the part of two young men finding love and happiness!
Looking forward to the sequel!
You will not be disappointed!

Sweet Heartwaming Story

If you could sum up Planting His Dream in three words, what would they be?

Heartwarming, Romance, Responsibility
Foster & Javi are both in the position of having a lot of responsibility and duties to provide for their family. Their somewhat coming of age story of finding love and how to live life to make each other happy is very sweet.

What was one of the most memorable moments of Planting His Dream?

When Foster & Javi part ways & say goodbye. That was a very grown up decision for the two of them to make & might've made me tear up a little...

Have you listened to any of Derrick McClain’s other performances before? How does this one compare?

I have listened to many books narrated by Derrick McClain. His performances are usually a joy to listen to. This one was good but it would have been slightly better if he had made Javi sound more Hispanic, but no accents are better than bad accents so that's ok.

Nice story and nice start to a new series

Foster is working on his family’s farm, trying to implement new changes and convince his family that change can be good. He ends up hiring some migrant workers to help on the farm and he finds a friend and confidant in Javi.
Javi believes in Foster and helps him, but Javi has his own demons to fight. Javi’s father is an abusive drunk and he continues to drag his entire family down the road of poverty and neglect.
When Javi and Foster realize their friendship is more than that, both have to fight their families prejudices and their own hurdles to being together.
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Andrew Grey gives us another good book about finding love and holding on to it despite tremendous odds.
Javi’s life is so bleak and it was wonderful when he finally got the freedom to follow his own heart.
This is a story low on steam but big in heart and fans of Andrew will really enjoy this heart-warming story.

Audio:

Derrick McClain did a nice job with this narration. I’d have liked it more if there’d been more accents used – especially with Javi – but it was easy to listen to and didn’t detract from the story appreciation. He handles the emotions and timing well and this was a nice way to enjoy this story.

Overall 3.5 of 5 stars for both the story and the audiobook