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Not the Son He Expected explores the powerful and emotionally complex bonds between gay sons and their fathers. Drawn from over eighty interviews with gay men, including a Commander in the US Navy, a well-known gay porn film director, a former Catholic priest, an Army Captain booed at the 2011 Republican primary debate while asking a question about same-sex marriage, a South Dakota rodeo cowboy, a social worker working with Pulse nightclub survivors, a man whose father through gender reassignment surgery has now become his second mother, a New Yorker who underwent years of reparative therapy and is today the foremost advocate for banning the practice, an Oklahoma man whose father offered to purchase a hooker's services to turn him straight, and more, the insightful sharing by these men sheds fresh light upon the profoundly life-shaping bonds between fathers and their gay sons. Twenty-six interviewees speak eloquently about their relationship with their father and offer hard-won advice on topics such as how and when to best come out to one's father, how to deal with non-accepting fathers and families, how to practice healthy self-care, and--since many of these men are now fathers themselves--how to be a loving and supportive dad. Not the Son He Expected will prove to be a helpful and encouraging resource for gay sons, for their fathers, and for all those who love and care about them. "The ties that bind fathers to sons can be iron shackles or can be loops of roses. Tim Clausen's new book examines gay sons and their fathers in essays both arresting and at times heart-breaking. This is an important work."---Gregory Maguire, author of Wicked "Tim Clausen hauntingly orchestrates first-hand accounts of father/ son relationships. Authentic, beautiful, and occasionally overwhelming, the multi-generational stories provide a candid and moving view into those bonds."--Brett Jones, author of Pride: The Story of the First Openly Gay Navy Seal "Not the Son He Expected is a valuable addition to the literature about the under-explored intersection of gay men and their fathers. Sometimes unpredictable, often what one might expect from a father's reaction to his son's coming out, and everything between. Tim Clausen has taken great care to interview a wide variety of subjects, and we learn that each situation is always fraught with true emotion on both sides. A fascinating read."--Fred Hersch, Grammy nominated jazz pianist, composer and author of Good Things Happen Slowly: A Life In and Out of Jazz "My Dad died when I was seventeen. I know he was proud of me-but now: gay Catholic priest, sexual activist, secular spiritualogist? I'll never know. So these other men's stories are informative, reassuring, heartwarming. Thank you, Tim Clausen, for this rich resource when the very notion of masculinity is in free fall." -Daniel Helminiak, author of the international bestseller What the Bible Really Says about Homosexuality "This collection of personal, intimate stories highlights the complex relationship between fathers and their gay sons. What makes them particularly fascinating is the complexity the coming out experience brings to each relationship. A must read."--Stephen Snyder-Hill, author of Soldier of Change: From the Closet to the Forefront of the Gay Rights Movement
Over 100,000 copies sold! Coming Out, Then Coming Home Christopher Yuan, the son of Chinese immigrants, discovered at an early age that he was different. He was attracted to other boys. As he grew into adulthood, his mother, Angela, hoped to control the situation. Instead, she found that her son and her life were spiraling out of control—and her own personal demons were determined to defeat her. Years of heartbreak, confusion, and prayer followed before the Yuans found a place of complete surrender, which is God’s desire for all families. Their amazing story, told from the perspectives of both mother and son, offers hope for anyone affected by homosexuality. God calls all who are lost to come home to him. Casting a compelling vision for holy sexuality, Out of a Far Country speaks to prodigals, parents of prodigals, and those wanting to minister to the gay community. “But while he was still a long way off, his father saw him and felt compassion, and ran and embraced him and kissed him.” - Luke 15:20 Includes a discussion guide for personal reflection and group use.
Massey recounts the young Laurens's wartime record - a riveting tale in its own right - and finds that even more remarkable than his military escapades were his revolutionary ideas concerning the rights of African Americans."--BOOK JACKET.
Returning from the war against Napoleon, an offer finds himself in a battle to reclaim his home and his bride in this Regency romance. Despite his arranged marriage, Gerald Wiscombe was still just a boy when he left for war. Now, seven years later, he returns a man—one who is determined to claim what is rightfully his. But when he discovers a house in disorder, a son he’s never met, and a wife he suspects of infidelity, he will stop at nothing to uncover the truth. Lillian has endured all she can to protect her beloved son, until the arrival of her war-hero husband. Now, not only is Lily faced with revealing terrible secrets she has hidden for years, but also an attraction that bewitches her beyond her senses . . .
Carrie Johnson met Glenn Bettel the morning she took her new car in for minor maintenance. He was a divorced man with two children and a very vindictive ex-wife. Carrie knew about the divorce and the children. She had no idea about the ex. Nothing she could have thought would come close to the nasty and downright mean things the ex did over the next year – starting before Carrie moved in with Glenn. Carrie learned that Glenn had married immediately after high school; not actually a shotgun wedding but it was 1964. Carrie lived with Glenn a year before she began having medical problems. Doctor said menopause even though she was only 35. Glenn dismissed that and believed he was headed toward another shotgun wedding. No mention of marriage was made and his anger was unwarranted. When a surprise verdict in Family Court was made a month later, Carrie moved from his home, from his life. It would be years before he learned the rest of the story.
Reprint of the original, first published in 1840.