Product Description

The world is confusing and cruel when the life you know moves on and leaves you behind. Being a Marine is what has defined Brad for the last four years. With his tour of duty over he meets Ron, a wealthy older man. Things change when Ron asks Brad not to return now but instead, take a trip across California with him. On the way Brad realizes he may be crossing a bridge that could redefine his life.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1136274 in Books
• Published on: 2008-10-06
• Binding: Paperback
• 360 pages

About the Author
Brett Edward Stout, the son of a successful businesswoman, was born in Cedar Rapids Iowa in 1978. At the age of 18 he joined the United States Marine Corps where he studied Russian at the renowned Defense Language Institute in Monterey, California. After attending a secondary school in Texas he was stationed at Kaneohe Bay Marine Corps Base, Hawaii as a Russian cryptologic linguist and weapons marksmanship instructor. He worked in 2000, 2001, and 2002 for the Hawaii International Film Festival (HIFF) before being honorably discharged in 2002. He worked for HIFF under a variety of titles that included Jury Coordinator and Database Administrator. In 2002, the Honolulu Gay & Lesbian Cultural Foundation appointed him as their Executive Director of the foundation and their primary event, now called the Rainbow Film Festival. He remained a member of the board until he left Hawaii to attend the University of Iowa, in Iowa City, Iowa. His passion for writing began when he wrote his first poem in 4th grade almost getting himself suspended from school; he's been in love with writing ever since. Sugar-baby Bridge is Brett Stout's debut novel.

Customer Reviews

A great read, a great story.
As an author, I was asked to read this book prior to its publication. I was duly impressed with the work. Brett Edward Stout's Sugar-Baby Bridge is an intriguing story that grabs you from the moment you start to read. You will not want to put this book down until you know the final outcome. And when you do finish the book, Stout hooks you in with a preview of his next volume, The Lives Between, which features the main character from Bridge.

The traits of his characters can be recognized by most - in others at least, if not in ourselves. You will find yourself thinking "me, too!" Sugar-Baby Bridge's main character, Brad Spicer, is a charming, if somewhat deceptive, individual. Brad is finding his way through life after a four-year hitch in the Marines. His pretext is fundamentally harmless as he tries to fit into every social situation with which he comes into contact. We follow Brad on his adventure from his vacation in San Francisco to the posh world of the decadently rich of Lake Tahoe. Along the way we get to meet some pretty interesting characters and watch as Brad conforms to what he thinks they expect of him.

Stout's tale of a young man finding his way without the comforting structure and discipline imposed upon him by the Marines is a fascinating coming-of-age story that should not be missed.

Terence Jackson, author of Thirty Days and Counting, and the new release, Von Dred.

Bravo for Sugar Baby Bridge!
Brett Edward Stout has come up with an intriguing story. While I read it, I kept hating the fact that I needed to put it down and do other things, the story, characters, and the flow of the chapters makes this book very difficult to put down. Learning about Brad and how he must deal with whatever is thrown at him because of his decision to spend more time with Ron is very entertaining.

I found myself laughing out loud on a few occasions, and many of the scenes had me thinking that the story was being written about me or someone I knew. The characters are very real, and are fun to follow and seeing them react to different things is sometimes funny and occasionally sad.

I can't wait for the next one! Amazing job!

A considerable cut above the usual gay novel
Sugar-Baby Bridge is literature, not writing just a step above porn. As the novel progresses, we live inside Brad's head. We share his uncertainties about everything from his patron, Ron, to his Marine's horror of any kind of disorder, no matter how trivial, to his not liking to get sand in his flip-flops. The painstaking descriptions of every aspect of his environment are breathtaking.

The power of being sexually attracted to cute men is palpable but occurs sporadically instead of eclipsing everything other aspect of the story. These seem like real people, not sex machines.

When I was approaching the end, it occurred to me that Sugar-Baby Bridge is as touching as John Knowles' A Separate Peace; it makes the reader care as much about Stout's Brad as about Knowles' Gene, although the settings, plot and characters are completely different.

I am eagerly awaiting Stout's next one.