The Passport Stamper

About the Book

As Jason travels from Greece to California to celebrate Christmas with his family, he is happy to temporarily leave his job at the State Department behind—as well as his penchant for unavailable men. But as Jason reflects on his life while gazing out the airplane window, has no idea that in just a few short hours, his parents will die in a car accident, sending his world spiraling out of control.

As soon as Jason’s plane lands in the United States, he is immersed in all that follows tragedy. But Jason has just come out of the closet, and he has many other emotional issues to resolve besides his complex grief. A day later, Jason escapes back to Greece, never realizing that his journey to the truth has just begun.

The Passport Stamper shares an intimate glimpse into the life of a homosexual man as he searches for peace and attempts to become the man he has always wanted to be.

About the Author

Haas Mroue died of a heart attack in October 2007 at the age of forty-one. He was a travel writer who completed numerous assignments for various travel guides. He is the author of , a collection of poetry based on his childhood memories of war in Beirut. The Passport Stamper was discovered among his personal documents. The Passport Stamper is a strong voice that boldly asks everyone to be simply themselves, free to be who they are. Haas was born and raised in Beirut, Lebanon. He fled the war with his mother in 1975 and lived in several countries before he laid his roots in the USA. Haas graduated from UCLA, Film and Television and completed the master's programme from the University of Colorado Boulder. For the last 10 years of his life, Haas was living and writing in Port Townsend, an idyllic city in Washington State.