Mothers and Sons: A Novel SIGNED FIRST EDITION
New York: Little, Brown and Company, 2025.
First Edition. Hardcover. Signed by Adam Haslett in ink to page specially bound in by the publisher. First Edition, Stated First Printing. 9 1/2" X 6 1/4". 323pp. Very mild shelf wear to covers, corners, and edges of unclipped dust jacket. Bound in gray paper over boards with spine backed in red and lettered in white. Pages are clean and unmarked. Binding is firm and sound. A very presentable signed first edition.
ABOUT THIS BOOK:
A mother and son, estranged for years, must grapple with the shared secret that drove their lives apart in this enthralling story about family, forgiveness, and how a fleeting act of violence can change a life forever, by "one of the country's most talented writers" (Wall Street Journal)
At forty, Peter, an asylum lawyer in New York City, is overworked and isolated. He spends his days immersed in the struggles of immigrants only to return to an empty apartment and occasional hook-ups with a man who wants more than Peter can give. But when the asylum case of a young gay man pierces Peter's numbness, the event that he has avoided for twenty years returns to haunt him.
Ann, his mother, who runs a women's retreat center she founded after leaving his father, is hurt by the estrangement from Peter but cherishes the world she has built. She long ago put behind her the decision that divided her from her son. But as Peter’s case plunges him further into the fraught memory of his first love and the night of violence that changed his life, he and his mother must confront the secret that tore them apart.
With unsurpassed emotional depth, Mothers and Sons reveals all that is lost by looking away from the past and the love that might be restored by facing it.(Publisher). Very good + / Very good +. Item #16410
ISBN: 9780316574716
Price: $30.00