The trouble with Tom
Subtitle: a parent's lesson on letting go
By: Susan Thomassen
Publisher: Sandbar Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Sagamore Beach, MA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 354
ISBN-13: 9780981845203
Subjects: Mothers and sons; Parent and teenager; Case studies; Sexual abuse victims
Description: "After a life-changing accident, Susan begins to sense a change in her son. Then Tom becomes the victim of a horrifying assault, and starts to shut his mother out of his life. Turning to alcohol and drugs in his teens, Tom lies to his family time and time again, heading down a path which will lead him to a failed suicide attempt, and ultimately, to jail. Susan's efforts to save her son from himself are heroic, but she will eventually discover that the only way to help Tom is to let him face his demons on his own terms."--Publisher's description.