Ugly

By: Mark A. Roeder

Narrated by: Joe DiNozzi

Julian is ugly. He knows it. Everyone knows it. He is also a boy with secrets. He's gay, his family owns the local funeral home, and he's not certain which secret he more desperately desires to keep. Julian is a wallflower, but tries out for the soccer team to please his father. Beyond all hope, he makes the team - and there he meets boys who change his life forever and a coach he suspects is trying to kill him.

Julian's greatest love is music. He slips off at lunch and after school to play the grand piano in the music room. His music attracts the attention of a secret admirer and for the first time ever someone sees beauty in Julian - his music.

The tragic death of teammates forces Julian to realize that he might not have as much time as he believed and leads him to take a desperate chance. Julian is determined to stop sitting on the sidelines of life. Friendship and love is worth any risk.

©2014 Mark A. Roeder (P)2015 Mark A. Roeder

Heartbreaker with a feel-good ending

bring on the kleenex, a 2L bottle of wine...and a good friend to hold your hand

Great Story

I loved this book because it had a great realistic character. Someone who has body image issues. It shows that it truly isn't what is on the outside that matters.

Wonderful!

I especially enjoyed the music in this story and found the story very well written and touching. WAY too much self criticism by the main character, but otherwise heartfelt and touching.

Great performance!

Joe DiNozzi was great! I had the privilege of auditioning him for some voice over work years ago. I bought this book then and finally had time to listen to it.
Joe keeps the story moving and I’m not going to lie, I laughed, I gasped, and I was enthralled the whole time. It took me two days to just steam through it while at work.

Guilty

Total guilty pleasure...I mean technically when it comes down to it ....well yeah.....but I still really liked.....reading marks books is a total flashback to how I wish MY highschool life had been. Lol