But appearances can be deceiving. There was a void that numerous academic accolades and adoration could not fill. Though he was raised in a loving and supportive family, he was an adopted child and had always longed to find his biological mother. This is the telling of that search and a compelling look at what it means to be adopted. This book speaks for the silent sons of the gender revolution.
Women writers talk about having sons and raising men .
From the earliest days of nursing to the good-byes of college and looming adulthood, these writers collectively explore, in a thrilling range of styles and sensibilities, the delights and frustrations, the deep and often conflicted emotions, they feel in their roles as mothers to their male children. The book resoundingly and unflinchingly celebrates this journey we are all making with our boys. How we men feel about our mothers, and why we never tell . Though some say men might be from Mars and women from Venus, every single boy comes from a mother - and often seems to head further and further away from her as he ages. As sons grow up and appear to grow distant from the women who once shared their whole lives, mothers everywhere are left wondering what happened to the playfulness and eager intimacy of their boys' early days.