Consenting Adult edition by Laura Z Hobson Literature Fiction eBooks
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In the shifting social landscape of America in the 1960s, a mother struggles to understand—and accept—her son’s homosexuality
First off, this is very well written. This book successfully brings you back to an earlier time, complete with the ambiance of that era.
That said, it is also very dated. Not surprising; this is an old book, and societal attitudes have changed enormously since its original publication.
I snapped up this book as a "special" deal for my Kindle, because the paperback version has always had shelf space in my home (along with"The Tenth Month" by the same author). It's been years since I re-read this, and I found that my memory was not entirely accurate.
Yes, I remembered the young man struggling with a difficult, and initially unwelcome, self-awareness. Yes, I remembered the anguished reaction of his parents (though maybe not the depth of that anguish). Yes, I remembered the almost journalistic recounting of just how attitudes were changing at this pivotal point in history.
What I didn't remember, and found really annoying (which may have been the intended result) was how incredibly self-centered the character of Jeff is (the "Consenting Adult" of the title, and the son of Tessa, the "narrator"). No matter how circumspect and accepting Tessa is, any outreach on her part is met with scorn and anger. I found myself becoming quite angry with Jeff. He has the maturity and ability to become a doctor, but he can't have a simple conversation with his mother? After a while I got really annoyed and just wanted to slap him. This is your mother! You get ONE, and she has done everything she knows how to do to help you! Suck it up, buttercup!
Well, as you can see, I had a strong reaction to this book. If you would like an "outsider looking in" perspective on the birth of the gay pride movement, this could be the book for you. I've read others, from the insider's POV, and they are good as well. But I think this accomplishes what it set out to do - unsettle the reader, and make him/her look at things in a different light. This isn't for everyone - to anyone born after 1970 this may be well-nigh incomprehensible, I really can't say - but it remains an interesting little sidelong glance at a particular piece of history.
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This was a great family-based look at the growth of the gay movement in the 1960" s. The characters are complex and reveal the tenor of that decade. The relationships between parents and siblings give the story strength and integrity.
The parents of this gay child had a lot to deal with in their personal lives.As time goes by in the book, new roads open up for the gay son. It's written with the thought that as a gay person, we need to be cured of this illness. How things & people change overtime. My book was a little battered, but who cares about that as long as you can still read it. I read it in about a week.
This has got to be one of the best books I've ever read. Written from a mother's point of view as she watches her son navigate school and life after he acknowledges he is a homosexual in 1950's NYC. Every parent can relate to this story as we watch our kids venture into the world.
Coming of age as I did in the same era, I was forced to remember how difficult it was for anyone not of the norm. How quickly we forget. Should be a 5 ⭐️ rating but just too many typos, misplaced words, and forgotten punctuation.
I'm sure it is not easy to 'come out' to your parents today, but it is hard to imagine how difficult it would have been in the 1960s, when homosexuality was considered a mental illness. The young man in our story decided to write his mother a letter and have her show it to his father if and when she thought he would be able to handle it. This well written book is sensitive and poignant, It may help parents today feel less alone when they hear the words, "Mom, Dad, I'm gay!"
While Gil Cates' 1985 TV adaption (Marlo Thomas, Martin Sheen, Barry Tubb, & Talia Balsam) did a solid job on the family front, the book opens it all up, tracking, not only the gay son, but the experience of the family & society around them, over nearly a quarter century. It's a pretty amazing document. The writing is, to me, somewhat over-mannered & "of an era," but it's well worth the effort.
A deeply personal narrative, told mostly through the eyes of Tessa, the mother of a homosexual son during the decade of the 1960's, explores the subject of homosexuality from a different perspective. Jeff's liberal parents are forced to confront their own intensely personal struggles to understand and accept what they see happening to their son, and the life they believe will come crashing down on him. Set during the tumultous time of the 1960's, when being gay was still widely looked down upon, this is a gripping narrative that slowly and thoughtfully explores the family dynamics that surround Jeff's personal struggle to understand and accept his own sexuality.
While this can be a bit tedious at times, it is well worth staying with. I rarely review books I have read, and almost never give them 5 star reviews, but this was too poignant to let pass.
I wish half stars were possible - I would have liked to give this book the extra half.
First off, this is very well written. This book successfully brings you back to an earlier time, complete with the ambiance of that era.
That said, it is also very dated. Not surprising; this is an old book, and societal attitudes have changed enormously since its original publication.
I snapped up this book as a "special" deal for my , because the paperback version has always had shelf space in my home (along with"The Tenth Month" by the same author). It's been years since I re-read this, and I found that my memory was not entirely accurate.
Yes, I remembered the young man struggling with a difficult, and initially unwelcome, self-awareness. Yes, I remembered the anguished reaction of his parents (though maybe not the depth of that anguish). Yes, I remembered the almost journalistic recounting of just how attitudes were changing at this pivotal point in history.
What I didn't remember, and found really annoying (which may have been the intended result) was how incredibly self-centered the character of Jeff is (the "Consenting Adult" of the title, and the son of Tessa, the "narrator"). No matter how circumspect and accepting Tessa is, any outreach on her part is met with scorn and anger. I found myself becoming quite angry with Jeff. He has the maturity and ability to become a doctor, but he can't have a simple conversation with his mother? After a while I got really annoyed and just wanted to slap him. This is your mother! You get ONE, and she has done everything she knows how to do to help you! Suck it up, buttercup!
Well, as you can see, I had a strong reaction to this book. If you would like an "outsider looking in" perspective on the birth of the gay pride movement, this could be the book for you. I've read others, from the insider's POV, and they are good as well. But I think this accomplishes what it set out to do - unsettle the reader, and make him/her look at things in a different light. This isn't for everyone - to anyone born after 1970 this may be well-nigh incomprehensible, I really can't say - but it remains an interesting little sidelong glance at a particular piece of history.
Consenting Adult edition by Laura Z Hobson Literature Fiction eBooks
I wish half stars were possible - I would have liked to give this book the extra half.First off, this is very well written. This book successfully brings you back to an earlier time, complete with the ambiance of that era.
That said, it is also very dated. Not surprising; this is an old book, and societal attitudes have changed enormously since its original publication.
I snapped up this book as a "special" deal for my Kindle, because the paperback version has always had shelf space in my home (along with"The Tenth Month" by the same author). It's been years since I re-read this, and I found that my memory was not entirely accurate.
Yes, I remembered the young man struggling with a difficult, and initially unwelcome, self-awareness. Yes, I remembered the anguished reaction of his parents (though maybe not the depth of that anguish). Yes, I remembered the almost journalistic recounting of just how attitudes were changing at this pivotal point in history.
What I didn't remember, and found really annoying (which may have been the intended result) was how incredibly self-centered the character of Jeff is (the "Consenting Adult" of the title, and the son of Tessa, the "narrator"). No matter how circumspect and accepting Tessa is, any outreach on her part is met with scorn and anger. I found myself becoming quite angry with Jeff. He has the maturity and ability to become a doctor, but he can't have a simple conversation with his mother? After a while I got really annoyed and just wanted to slap him. This is your mother! You get ONE, and she has done everything she knows how to do to help you! Suck it up, buttercup!
Well, as you can see, I had a strong reaction to this book. If you would like an "outsider looking in" perspective on the birth of the gay pride movement, this could be the book for you. I've read others, from the insider's POV, and they are good as well. But I think this accomplishes what it set out to do - unsettle the reader, and make him/her look at things in a different light. This isn't for everyone - to anyone born after 1970 this may be well-nigh incomprehensible, I really can't say - but it remains an interesting little sidelong glance at a particular piece of history.
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Consenting Adult edition by Laura Z Hobson Literature Fiction eBooks Reviews
This was a great family-based look at the growth of the gay movement in the 1960" s. The characters are complex and reveal the tenor of that decade. The relationships between parents and siblings give the story strength and integrity.
The parents of this gay child had a lot to deal with in their personal lives.As time goes by in the book, new roads open up for the gay son. It's written with the thought that as a gay person, we need to be cured of this illness. How things & people change overtime. My book was a little battered, but who cares about that as long as you can still read it. I read it in about a week.
This has got to be one of the best books I've ever read. Written from a mother's point of view as she watches her son navigate school and life after he acknowledges he is a homosexual in 1950's NYC. Every parent can relate to this story as we watch our kids venture into the world.
Coming of age as I did in the same era, I was forced to remember how difficult it was for anyone not of the norm. How quickly we forget. Should be a 5 ⭐️ rating but just too many typos, misplaced words, and forgotten punctuation.
I'm sure it is not easy to 'come out' to your parents today, but it is hard to imagine how difficult it would have been in the 1960s, when homosexuality was considered a mental illness. The young man in our story decided to write his mother a letter and have her show it to his father if and when she thought he would be able to handle it. This well written book is sensitive and poignant, It may help parents today feel less alone when they hear the words, "Mom, Dad, I'm gay!"
While Gil Cates' 1985 TV adaption (Marlo Thomas, Martin Sheen, Barry Tubb, & Talia Balsam) did a solid job on the family front, the book opens it all up, tracking, not only the gay son, but the experience of the family & society around them, over nearly a quarter century. It's a pretty amazing document. The writing is, to me, somewhat over-mannered & "of an era," but it's well worth the effort.
A deeply personal narrative, told mostly through the eyes of Tessa, the mother of a homosexual son during the decade of the 1960's, explores the subject of homosexuality from a different perspective. Jeff's liberal parents are forced to confront their own intensely personal struggles to understand and accept what they see happening to their son, and the life they believe will come crashing down on him. Set during the tumultous time of the 1960's, when being gay was still widely looked down upon, this is a gripping narrative that slowly and thoughtfully explores the family dynamics that surround Jeff's personal struggle to understand and accept his own sexuality.
While this can be a bit tedious at times, it is well worth staying with. I rarely review books I have read, and almost never give them 5 star reviews, but this was too poignant to let pass.
I wish half stars were possible - I would have liked to give this book the extra half.
First off, this is very well written. This book successfully brings you back to an earlier time, complete with the ambiance of that era.
That said, it is also very dated. Not surprising; this is an old book, and societal attitudes have changed enormously since its original publication.
I snapped up this book as a "special" deal for my , because the paperback version has always had shelf space in my home (along with"The Tenth Month" by the same author). It's been years since I re-read this, and I found that my memory was not entirely accurate.
Yes, I remembered the young man struggling with a difficult, and initially unwelcome, self-awareness. Yes, I remembered the anguished reaction of his parents (though maybe not the depth of that anguish). Yes, I remembered the almost journalistic recounting of just how attitudes were changing at this pivotal point in history.
What I didn't remember, and found really annoying (which may have been the intended result) was how incredibly self-centered the character of Jeff is (the "Consenting Adult" of the title, and the son of Tessa, the "narrator"). No matter how circumspect and accepting Tessa is, any outreach on her part is met with scorn and anger. I found myself becoming quite angry with Jeff. He has the maturity and ability to become a doctor, but he can't have a simple conversation with his mother? After a while I got really annoyed and just wanted to slap him. This is your mother! You get ONE, and she has done everything she knows how to do to help you! Suck it up, buttercup!
Well, as you can see, I had a strong reaction to this book. If you would like an "outsider looking in" perspective on the birth of the gay pride movement, this could be the book for you. I've read others, from the insider's POV, and they are good as well. But I think this accomplishes what it set out to do - unsettle the reader, and make him/her look at things in a different light. This isn't for everyone - to anyone born after 1970 this may be well-nigh incomprehensible, I really can't say - but it remains an interesting little sidelong glance at a particular piece of history.
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