Mother son relationships in Family & Relationships Books

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Written from the perspectives of a mother and son, the story of a family's battle with the problem of teenage drinking describes one young man's growing alcohol problem, the denial that nearly destroyed his family and his own life, and their long and difficult struggle to overcome the problem. Original. 50,000 first printing.

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<p><em>Parade</em> magazine's Walter Anderson, one of America's most admired editors, grew up on "the wrong side of the tracks" in Mount Vernon, New York. The youngest child of an alcoholic, abusive father, he escaped his situation by quitting high school at sixteen to join the Marines. Four years later, while on leave to attend his father's funeral, he stunned his mother with a question that had inexplicably haunted him since he was a small boy: Was the man who had so tormented him in his childhood his real father? Her answer: Walter was born of a wartime affair between his Protestant mother and the Jewish man she loved. His mother swore Walter to secrecy, and he honored their pact for nearly thirty-five years. Then, one day he met an unknown brother -- another son of his real father -- who had lived a nearly parallel life. Their secret, in ways large and small, defined the course of Walter's life.</p>

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<p>Debra Ginsberg knew that her son was unique from the moment he was born. Blaze never crawled; at one he simply stood up and walked. By the time he was four, he knew the complete works of Miles Davis. At five, he assigned colors to the days of the week. When he turned ten, he asked to reenact his own birth, so that this time he could have "enough breath to cry." But from his first day of kindergarten, Blaze was considered a "problem" in the classroom. All his life he's defied diagnosis by a host ofexperts who have sought to label him.</p><p>Writing with blistering honesty and irrepressible humor, Debra Ginsberg interweaves her moving personal story and tales of her hard-fought battles with schools and medical professionals to create a book that speaks to all parents. <i>Raising Blaze</i> is a message in a bottle to all the square pegs who refuse to be shaped, shoved, or squeezed into unyielding round holes.</p>

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Bobby Griffith, at the age of 15, realized that he was gay and in conflict with his religious upbringing. Through Bobby's journal entries and his mother's reminiscences we learn of the emotional torment that led Bobby to take his own life. Prayers for Bobby takes readers through his mother's anguish and disbelief to her transformation from biblical literalist to enlightened parent.

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A collection of works by such writers as e.e. cummings, Langston Hughes, Robert Hayden, Sylvia Plath, James Dickey, Bob Dylan, and Kate Daniels.

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A rebellious son of a loving, single welfare mother recounts his Depression-era childhood, during which she took him to union rallies, preached pacifism in spite of her fighting spirit, and dreamed of an idyllic life that would include a faithful husband, beautiful home, and well-behaved son.

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Commemorates the tender and unique relationship between mothers and their sons, in a collection of stories that celebrates the blessings and bruises, tears and triumphs, and the happiness and hopes that create a special bond.

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A collection of interconnecting stories from the world of birding, ranging in setting from Alaska to Africa and from vast wilderness areas to suburban parking lots, documents one man's intense fascination and obsession with birds, while offering a poignant study of a son's relationship with his mother.

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This inspirational collection represents a celebration of the close and enduring relationship that only a mother and son can ever know.

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A young man's indomitable courage and faith facing cancer, paraplegia, and the end of his life inspires his family to grow in love, to change, and to understand life as the journey of the soul. Original.

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Her successful life as an emergency-room doctor unraveling as her young son's behavior becomes increasingly problematic, Jana Thomas remembers the past that she put out of her mind years earlier involving her violent younger brother and the parental role she assumed for his care.

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