Young Gay Actors Go Camp in The Home for Wayward Ladies

The new, start-up publisher lost me at "bitchy brunches" but I do like blurber Marc Acito. Some readers might be in the mood for this first novel, The Home For Wayward Ladies [and Kindle], from Broadway producer Jeremy Blaustein.

"When used correctly, friendship is the most powerful weapon known to man. Fresh out of Mackinaw Conservatory's School of Theater, Eli, Hunter, and Nick have relocated to Manhattan's Upper-Upper West Side bound by an oath that friendship shall conquer all. Amid bitchy brunches and failed one-night stands, these friends - as promising as they are promiscuous - are on a quest to have their voices heard over the roar of city. When they get a chance to work in summer stock, this "family" is forced to find out the hard way what it takes to become the ultimate anything: a somebody. Day jobs pay bills and hand jobs stroke the ego, but handling betrayal with grace is the best way to prove who is a true Lady."

Acito said, "The Home For Wayward Ladies isn't just funny. It's laugh-out-loud, read-out-loud-to-your-friends, snort-a-cocktail-out-your-nose, lose-bladder-control kind of funny. A gem of a debut in the effervescent tradition of Patrick Dennis and Armistead Maupin."