Unrequited time
Subtitle: [a memoir]
By: James McCurrah
Publisher: Dog Ear Pub.]
Published: 2011
Place of publication: [Indianapolis, Ind
Language: eng
Number of pages: 349
ISBN-13: 9781457508288
Subjects: Childhood & youth; Sons; Gay men; Family; Family relationships; Fathers and sons; Biography
Description: "A troubled youth in search of direction finds himself groping to find his place despite numerous obstacles centering around his father looking for a duplicate. Such are the problems facing James C. McCurrach, Jr. as he passes through his early childhood years and the social upheavals encountered on the path to a new century. All this is complicated by the growing uncertainty of his sexual proclivities at a time when homosexuality was ridiculed and considered a deviancy beyond the pale. At the same time, his father's influence was a constant presence that would lead to a series of disasters, both socially and financially. Despite trying to throw off his father's yoke, there remainded a continuing need to please him and establish some sort of positive approval resulting in a series of tumultuous relationships and career moves. His mom had always told the youngster that he would be a late bloomer and indeed that prediction would come to pass as his later years the teaching profession would provide the purpose and rewards that had long eluded him" -- Publisher's description.
Notes: Subtitle from dust jacket.