Becoming Patrick: A Memoir

By Patrick James McMahon

Book Overview

When Pat McMahon risks the love of the mother who raised him by seeking out the mother who gave him away, he transforms from a mild-mannered engineer into a frenetic detective. After he overcomes the challenges of existential angst, bureaucratic roadblocks, and unemployment, the phone call to his first mother releases a torrent of long-buried feelings. During a sometimes turbulent long-distance unfolding, he absorbs her shocking revelations and comes out as gay once again. Their eventual reunion creates a profound bond, even as he navigates waves of conflicting emotions, merges past with present, and embarks on a new future rooted in truth and insights into the universal quest for identity and human connection. He is Becoming Patrick.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0982801904
• ISBN13: 9780982801901
• Release Date: April 2011
• Publisher: Deep Root Press
• Length: 340 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.3" x 8.0"