All Friends Are Necessary Style:Hardcover and the heartbreaking recollection of

and the heartbreaking recollection of his beloved kokum (grandmother)

intelligent boy with a warm heart

and the deep resentment simmering between them

As Chino begins to date more men and women--and to open himself up again to love--his bonds with other people grow both rich and profound

All Friends Are Necessary Style:Hardcover and the heartbreaking recollection ofBy: Tomas Moniz In this joyous, big hearted novel, Tomas Moniz a finalist for the PEN Hemingway and Lambda Literary awards delivers a commanding new story about the power of friendship, community, and the families we create for ourselves. Efren "Chino" Flores has just moved back to the Bay Area from Seattle, jumping from sublet to sublet. In Washington, he was a beloved middle school biology teacher with a loving wife, and a child on the way until a