An Impossible Dream Story

"Vinny tells his roller-coaster story with passion and humor, inviting all of us to join his bicycle ride through the many winding paths of his life. Coming out, growing up, serving his country and fighting for others against all odds: This journey gives hope to anyone on the front line of our equality struggle."~ Lt. Dan Choi
West Point Graduate, Iraq War Veteran and Infantry Officer, honorably discharged for telling the truth and starting a group of West Point LGBT Graduates.

An accomplished, aging man is preparing for yet another dream-to conductthe first known bicycle-book tour (which will require peddling both miles andbooks.) Who will believe 2,500 miles is possible for a man with gravely seriousmedical issues-at age sixty-five? Witnessing the lifetime spiritual journey ofVinny Pirelli, starting at age six with his very first bicycle, you track hisdevelopment of being the only boy among many siblings, through growing painsof adolescence and teen years. He struggles with, and represses homosexualtendencies, putting his emotions into bicycling and writing songs. As a youngadult, Vinny proves successful at whatever he attempts-even in building a familywith the first girl he had sexual feelings for. As a ten-year Army leader, he learns hard lessons of losing friendships, love and trust, with the ultimate betrayal of his own father.

J.V. Petretta is a graduate of U. of Maryland, European Division. He is a ten-year U.S. Army Veteran with three overseas tours, including Vietnam. After his honorable discharge, he received a Meritorious Service Medal for distinguished service as 1st Armored Division's Nuclear Control Chief. Inaddition to earning numerous business accolades, he organized and conducted a5,000 mile bicycle tour in 1995, bringing critical awareness and funding for AIDS.

Author's proceeds from the sale of this book will be divided among selected cycling and LGBT advocate groups, and his own future work in Africa.

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