No Distance Between
Us
A Memoir
by
Young
A
Harem Boy’s Saga I – Initiation
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This provocative story is about a young man who was initiated into a clandestine sexual society. He was spirited to the Middle East, from his UK boarding school. He attended the Bahriji School (Oasis) in the United Arab Emirates in preparation for serving in the Harems for the wealthy and elite.
It is also a love
story between the young man and his ‘Valet’ who served as his chaperone and
mentor during the boy’s Harem service.
Author’s note:
I had a privileged
and unique upbringing in Malaysia. Following in my brothers' footsteps, I was
sent to an exclusive boarding school in England. It is there that I was
inducted into a clandestine organization, E.R.O.S. The Enlightened Royal
Oracle Society. For four years,
unbeknownst to my family, I was willingly and happily part of a Harem.
My story has been
kept under wraps for close to 45 years. The correct moment has arrived for me
to make known my unique education.
There are 7 books to
this series.
www.aharemboysaga.com
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Unbridled is the sequel to A Harem Boy’s Saga: Initiation - A provocative story about
a young man who was initiated into a clandestine sexual society. He was
spirited to the Middle East, from his UK boarding school. He attended the
Bahriji School (Oasis,) in The United Arab Emirates in preparation for serving
in Harems for the wealthy and elite.
It is also a love
story between the young man, his ‘Big Brother’ and his ‘Valet’ who served as
his chaperones and mentors during the boy’s Harem services.
This book follows the teenagers’ erotic and
exotic adventures and experiences at their 2nd Arab
Household Harem, the Sekham. They were apprentices and models, for the
household patriarch’s controversial photography project, “Sacred Sex in Sacred Places”.
The author's experiences present facts that
are truthful. Through these truths, which are often demonized by contemporary
societies that deem such behaviors inappropriate, the author hopes to dispel
condemnations and negativity which relate to his experiences.
There are 5 - 7 volumes in A Harem
Boy’s Saga series.
“Being deeply loved
by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage.”
Lao Tzu
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Debauchery is
the triquel to A Harem Boy’s Saga: Initiation, a provocative
story about a young man who was initiated into a clandestine sexual society
through his UK boarding school. From there, he was spirited to the Middle East
to attend the Bahriji (Oasis) School in The United Arab Emirates in preparation
for Harem services for the wealthy elite.
It is also a love story between the young man, his ‘Big Brother,’
and his ‘Valet,’ who served as his chaperones and mentors.
This book follows the teenagers’ erotic and exotic adventures and
experiences at their third Arabian Household Harem, the Quwah. There, they
became confidants to a prince, assistants in an international dance club
venture, “Carousel,” and apprentices
and models in a controversial photography project, “Sacred Sex in Sacred Places.”
This story is an account of the author’s
experiences. Through these truths, often demonized by contemporary societies
that deem such behaviors inappropriate, the author hopes to dispel condemnation
and negativity related to sexuality, love, and personal freedom.
A Harem Boy’s Saga is a series of
seven volumes.
Author’s Bio:
Young alias Bernard Foong is,
first and foremost, a sensitivist. He finds nuance in everything. To experience
the world he inhabits is an adventure which is mystical, childlike and
refreshing. He has a rare ability to create beauty in a unique fashion. His
palettes have been material, paint, words and human experiences.
By Christine Maynard (screenwriter and novelist).
Born
in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. At the age of 8, he was assisting his aunt and cousin,
learning the art of sewing and fabrics/colors matching. He attended an
exclusive private boarding school in the United Kingdom before obtaining his
Diploma in Fashion Design at the Harrow College of Art & Technology in
London, England. He went on to complete
his Master of Design at the Royal College of Art & Design, London, England.
During his college years he won several international fashion awards and was
already retailing bridal and evening dresses to several well known department
stores in England. Liberty of London, Selfridges, Harrods and Harvey Nichols to
name a few that carried his designs. His Royal College of Art graduation
wedding/evening wear collection was sold to Liberty of London and displayed in
their store windows for the entire month of June that year.
For
four years, he worked for Liberty’s bridal department as their in-house
designer until a trip to Hong Kong, while working on a freelance project for
‘Bird’s’(casual wear) company, he was recruited by the Hong Kong Polytechnic University
as their Fashion professor for the next 6 years. During his stay in Hong Kong,
he freelanced for numerous fashion companies. From designing casual wear,
swimwear, lingerie, and fur garments, men’s wear, bridal and evening fashions
to accessories (bags, shoes, and head-wear). He also participated and organized
numerous fashion shows, events, functions, and presentations in the Asia
Pacific region.
Working
for Keys Far East Hong Kong as chief lingerie designer - travelling extensively
to the United States, he was soon
recruited as an Associate Fashion Design/Illustration Professor to the
University of Wisconsin, Madison and also lectured at the Minneapolis College
of Art & Design for a couple of years.
Foong
was then appointed as the Fashion Development Manager by an established
department store – Parkson Grand (22 stores in Malaysia and one in Shanghai,
China). Producing under the label, Natural Life by Bernard Foong, he designed
casual-wear collections for the Parkson Grand’s flagship store in Kuala Lumpur.
After a couple of years later, he was invited by the Temasek Polytechnic,
Singapore to join their design school to establish a Fashion Design department.
For two years, he assisted several founding members of the design school -
working on the fashion department’s teaching curriculum.
The
Fitzgerald Theatre Department, University of Hawaii, Manoa, Oahu, Hawaii
awarded a full scholarship for Foong to complete his second Master of Art in
Theatre Costuming. Now a resident on the Island of Maui, he has assisted many
charity organizations in their fund raising events with his extravagant fashion
and performance shows/presentations. In 2005, he and his partner, Mr. Walter
Jay Bissett opened Fire Dragon Bistro Orient & Design Shop. He also designs
costumes/fashions for numerous theatrical productions in Hawaii and abroad.
Appointed as chief lingerie designer for Cerie
International Limited – Hong Kong, his lingerie designs can be found in major
department stores in Canada and the United Kingdom.
He
showcased the BERNARD FOONG R-T-W
collections and BERNARD FOONG @ Modern Classic Ltd. (an
established – Hong Kong bridal & evening wear company) collections in Hong
Kong. His 2008 & 2009 bridal/evening/bridal lingerie fashion show, “Grace”
& “Coming Up Roses” were premiered at Hong Kong Fashion Week in July 2007
and January 2008 respectively at the Hong Kong Convention & Exhibition
Center, garnering positive interest in many Asian press reviews, including a
China nationwide television broadcast of his latest collection. Aika
(International Opera Singer) wore several Bernard Foong special occasion
dresses at her Japan & European tour in September & October 2009.
Foong
was the chief Creative Director for Official (Special Occasion fashion
manufacturing company) Guangzhou, China producing – BERNARD FOONG Couture (specialty
one-of-a-kind creations), White (RTW - Wedding/Special Occasion wear), Foxy Cute (Smart Casual/Cocktail wear), SexZ (decorative bustier) & Diva Bitch (sexual
lingerie inner/outer-wear) collections.
Besides
working on his regular haute couture, R-T-W and lingerie collections he is a
visiting consultant/advisor for:
- Pivot Point fashion college,
Chengdu, China.
- Hong Kong Design Institute (fashion
department), Hong Kong, SAR.
- Hong Kong Poly/U, Hong Kong (School of Apparel Design & Merchandising), SAR.
- Hong Kong Fashion Designers Association, Hong Kong.
- Singapore Temasek Polytechnic – School of Apparel Design & Merchandising (ADM), Singapore.
Bernard
is also writing his autobiography, a seven book series of Mr. Foong’s young
life:
A Harem Boy’s
Saga: A Memoir by Young.
This
provocative story spanning 4 decades and 3 continents is about a boy who was
sent to a very exclusive English boarding school in the 1960s where he was
initiated into a clandestine sexual society and then spirited away to serve in
wealthy and elite Middle Eastern harems ."
A Harem Boy’s Saga series is published by Solstice Publishing and is available in print
and E-books internationally.
Author Links:
For further information please visit or contact:
Bernard Foong (a.k.a. Young)
Emerantia Antonia Parnall-Gilbert: Gilbert Literary Agency)
Melissa Miller: Solstice Publishing
5 Star Reviews:
Never have I read a story that has me
exclaiming "OMG, OMG, OMG" every few chapters. This autobiographical
story shares the intensely personal journey of a young boy as he comes of age
in the midst of a male harem in the middle east. He experiences all the things
that forbidden and taboo...you know those "unmentionable elephants in the
room" that we are warned about from an early age. I had to read this real
life adventure to find out how messed up and damaged he must be. Imagine my
surprise to meet an emotionally healthy young man who successfully grabs all
life has to offer and does it with an innocence that is simply beautiful.
Don't read this book if you aren't ready for your ingrained beliefs and values
to be challenged. Don't read this book if you are not ready to delve into a
side of our global society that is well hidden from most. Don't read this book
unless you too are ready to step into a new adventure. Initiation will change
how you view the world.
Well done Bernard.
It’s been a long time since I read an
autobiography that captivated me from the first page. Once I started reading, I
could not put the book down. It’s such an intimate and detailed look into a
lifestyle we rarely get to see. Young’s coming of age story begins before his
birth, when his mother who desperately wanted a daughter begins collecting
dolls and feminine clothes for her unborn child. She gives birth to a ten-pound
boy who did not conform to society’s norm as he grew up. But, the author says,
it wasn’t his mother who “sissified’ him, it was nature. At thirteen, Young is
sent to a boarding school in England where he is recruited into a secret fraternity.
He travels to another country, is educated in the art of love and seduction,
and becomes a willing member a harem. This is a long, well-written and
emotional account of a life. An amazing story of sexual awakening, with
interesting characters and exotic locations. Well worth a read, no matter your
sexual orientation. I will be reading the next in the series.
First, I must tell you that I don't read a
lot of books, but something about this book intrigued me. First of all it's a
true life story. Now, after reading the first book of the series "A Harem
Boy's Saga" I anxious to read the next one which I just purchased. This
memoir made me realize just how big our world really is, and no matter how much
you've done, traveled, or experienced, there's always something to learn,
something bigger, something our minds never even thought about or knew existed.
It's fascinating to learn about how love, sex, and culture, can be so
different, and what some cultures view as wrong, for others it's normal and
accepted. Not to sound cliché, but, one should never judge a book by it's cover
or brief introduction. It's sometimes hard to believe that the author
experienced so much at such a young age; but then again, it was a different
time and culture, so keep that in mind. I encourage you to look beyond the
sexual parts and get to know the very real people that this story is about.
Thank you Bernard for helping me step out of my comfort zone. You've helped see
the world and it's people in a whole new way.
I love a true story, particularly when the
author is articulate and conveys meaning and emotion clearly. This tale
involves the author's upbringing in a secret sexual society in which he dwelled
as a member of a male harem. Though some may be shocked by the explicit sexual
details, I felt that the author did a nice job of counterbalancing these
moments with other, less shocking bits of his story. In particular, I enjoyed
his educational experiences in fashion and of becoming a young man in a land
far from his home, as well as his travels abroad in surely what, to some, might
have been very unfortunate circumstances but the author makes it clear that he
was not forced and chose to live this extraordinary life. It is difficult for some
to grasp how this tale of servitude could be a love story, and yet it is. I
don't want to give too much away! But, it's lovely to see that people can
overcome things that happen to them and embrace themselves fully for who and
what they are. If only everyone was as buoyant and resilient as this author,
whose second through seventh book in the series will surely be on my "to
read" shelf.
To say this was a “good” story simply
doesn’t do it justice. This is the true tale of a male Courtesan. Or, as the
author puts it – A Harem boy. It begins with his life in Malaya as a small
child. The honesty and self awareness he had is astounding. I laughed a bit
when he called himself a “Sissy boy”. But then he reclaimed that title and I
found that he was quite proud of who he was. The toss of the coin by the Gods
created a delicate and beautiful soul who was wise beyond his years – at least
regarding his own self. His mother captivated me from the beginning. She doted
on her youngest son and allowed him to be who he was. I believe it was her
unconditional love that helped shape this adventurous and self-aware boy into a
man who obviously, and rightly, loves himself. His relationship with his
father, although forced and quite what one would expect, wasn’t as bad as it
could have been (Happy to read that. At times I feared the worst.). Starting by
learning all about his privileged upbringing in a romantic time helped me
understand who and what he came from – and in turn – helped me to see the rest
of the story from his eyes. I wanted the same things he did and I felt his
relief and desperation to leave for boarding school in the UK. From here, our
delicate “Sissy Boy” is initiated into the clandestine society E.R.O.S.
I’ll let the reader get the full story on how that happened. I will say – he
was brave, and perhaps a bit naive. But his childlike trust was not misplaced
and he was off on an erotic, and sensual adventure to the Middle East. This is
where I truly fell in love with this tale. I felt as if I was reading Arabian
Nights and seeing what really happened in the Kosk of a wealthy Middle Eastern
man. The world he experienced was lush and opulent – as was the sex. The sexual
stories are not graphic in the way one might think. You “see” what you must
and, I think, the beloved author still has a few secrets from those times.
However, from the fantastical tales he tells, his initiation was beyond the
imagination of any young boy of the times. He’s whisked away to Italy, Tunisia,
and Paris (among other places). At his young age, he experienced multiple
lifetimes.
As I read the story, I realized this wasn’t simply a naughty tale of his
escapades as a teenager. It was a love story. There were so many different
kinds of love experienced! From his first “puppy love” experience to very real
and deeply felt love that the reader watches blossom, we watch him learn what
love is – to him. I also realized, halfway through, this was a love story about
himself as well. The author has accepted all of his past and accepted himself
in the process. He fell in love with himself and it was beautiful to see. A
young, gay teenager who could have easily buckled under the pressure of society
and his father to hate himself persevered and chose to walk in love in all that
he did. That amazes me. His descriptions are lush and makes the reader yearn to
be there, to feel the fabrics, to smell the smells, to taste the food and to
see the expressions of love.
I will give a word of caution about this book – It was a mental hurdle from the
beginning to overcome my assumptions and modern judgment of sex by/with/to a
minor. After getting about 200 pages in, I set it aside to think about how I
was feeling. I realized a few things – this wasn’t an American story. I had to
remove my American glasses as I read this and understand it was a tale from a
different land and a different time. I also began to understand the vast
difference in social and economic classes. His life of privilege allowed many
of his sexual proclivities to be accepted and, as in the school in the UK, pushed
to new limits. This story has made me wonder about the wealthy classes of
people and what other traditions we laypeople know nothing about. Fascinating.
As equally fascinating as the inner working of the Muslim homes. Oh, what I
wouldn’t give to be transported to such a place. If you can separate your
modern, American point of view, and read this story for what it is – you will
love it. Much like readers of Anne Rice’s SLEEPING BEAUTY series, this has the
same “feel” to it. If you enjoyed that, you will enjoy this as well. I’m a
straight woman who doesn’t make a habit of reading homoerotic stories. To each
his own, right? But this, this was so much more than just sex confessions. A
unique coming of age tale that is beautiful, daring, and provocative. Bravo
Young!
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Read the first two books and loved them. I'm looking forward to reading more.
ReplyDeleteMe, too, Gale. A great story. :-)
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