num_pages: 208
description: In these ten interwoven stories, two adolescent brothers face a world in which their father has suddenly died, a world dominated by their beautiful and complicated mother. Thirty years later, one of the brothers–the only remaining survivor of a family he seeks both to leave behind and to preserve in words forever–narrates these precise and heartbreaking tales. Suffused with the beauty of Richard McCann’s extraordinary language, Mother of Sorrows introduces us to an elegant writer like no other in contemporary fiction.
language: English
title: Mother of Sorrows
titlecomplete: Mother of Sorrows
genres: LGBT, Gay, Anthologies, Short Stories, Historical Fiction, Literary Fiction, Fiction, Queer
ratings_count: 374
awards: awardedAt: 1136102400000
name: Stonewall Book Award
category: Literature, awardedAt: 1136102400000
name: PEN/Robert W. Bingham Prize, awardedAt: 1104566400000
name: Lambda Literary Award
category: Gay Debut Fiction
publisher: Vintage