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Consenting Adult

Laura Z. Hobson
4.3
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Pages
250
Year
2011
Language
English
Publisher
Open Road Media

About

In the shifting social landscape of America in the 1960s, a mother struggles to understand-and accept-her son's homosexuality Tessa Lynn considers herself independent and progressive, a liberated woman of the 1960s. And yet, when she receives a letter from her youngest son, Jeff, informing her that he is gay, Tessa is distraught. At a time when homosexuality is regarded as a mental illness, she struggles with how best to be a parent to a gay son-and how to protect her family from the prejudices of the era. Elegant and subtly drawn, Consenting Adult is a stunning tribute to familial bonds, and a sympathetic portrait of a mother whose best intentions are often clouded by the stereotypes of her time.

Related Subjects

  • Literary
  • Adult Fiction
  • General
  • Family Life
  • Gay
  • LGBTQ+
  • Parent & Adult Child
  • Parenting
  • Family & Relationships
  • Adult Nonfiction
  • Lgbtq+

Reviews

"[A] milestone in the history of social attitudes if not of art. . . . [Hobson] has taken an issue that currently agitates the culture and dramatized it in terms of individual lives."
The New York Times

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Laura Z. HobsonAuthor

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