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Ottawa Tales

   (6 reviews)
Genres: General Fiction,
Sub-genres: Slice of Life
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A shattered young Brit, Jimmy, flees his past for Canada, haunted by failure and abuse. On a rain-drenched Ottawa street, a spontaneous act of courage connects him to Hugo, a charismatic jock who challenges everything he knows about love and self-worth. This is the raw, hopeful beginning of an extraordinary journey of recovery, friendship, and finding the strength to walk toward a brighter future.

Copyright © 2025 Topher Lydon; All Rights Reserved.

Story Recommendations (9 members)

  • Action Packed 3
  • Addictive/Pacing 8
  • Characters 9
  • Chills 3
  • Cliffhanger 6
  • Compelling 8
  • Feel-Good 6
  • Humor 8
  • Smoldering 7
  • Tearjerker 7
  • Unique 6
  • World Building 5


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Vcs

   3 of 3 members found this review helpful 3 / 3 members

Ottawa Tales is a beautiful, poignant story detailing struggles, challenges, and hard-earned victories in a rare, frank, and honest look into another's life. The challenges shared are real, as is the mutual love of a family of choice built through heartfelt moments and experiences.

Response from the author:

Thank you for your kind words, and taking the time to read this.

  • Love 2
CincyKris

   3 of 3 members found this review helpful 3 / 3 members

Jimmy is the younger self/avatar of the author (the reader gets to decide), who negotiates relationships throughout his 20's in Canada.  We have humor, hijinks, desperate lows, and true love, just not in a traditional boy meets boy story.  This is one of the most remarkably honest stories I have ever read.  I'm completely hooked into Jimmy's/Topher's story.

  • Love 5
drsawzall

   3 of 3 members found this review helpful 3 / 3 members

The tale of a young Jimmy, struggling to find his way in the world, cast off from his family. Watch Jimmy grow as he finds the courage to build his own family!

Thoroughly engrossing and captivating, this will be hard to put down, folks!!

Please read it and weep, read it and laugh, and read it and cry!

  • Love 5
akascrubber

   3 of 3 members found this review helpful 3 / 3 members

Jimmy---Oh Jimmy

What an intimate, sometimes raw and painful life story of the ups and downs of Jimmy living in Ottawa. You will learn of his challenges, internal struggles, friends, lovers and some special people that influenced him in wonderful ways. Pay attention to Wil.  Jimmy kept going. He knew what mattered. He is a fascinating man. You are going to be marveled by him and like him. 

  • Love 4
chris191070

   2 of 2 members found this review helpful 2 / 2 members

This is the story of Jimmy.

It's intimate, raw, loving and painful.

We follow Jimmy through his time in Ottawa, the many challenges he faced. His friends, lovers and the struggles that he faced.

This is an important time in Jimmy’s life, where he discovers strength with the help of the various people, that he meets to lead himself to a brighter future.

Give it a read, you will not be disappointed.

  • Love 4
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