Love is a Real Mother

By Steven Kerry

"Love is a Real Mother" is the story of two handsome young men who fell in love in a time and place where there was neither will nor grace for gay boys. Michael and Jason were students at a conservative religious campus in 1970. Michael was a virgin when he met Jason, the first love of his life. However, following a year of ecstatic romantic obsession and passionate sex he found himself faced with two daunting challenges: an act of infidelity, and the dream-shattering news that Jason's disapproving parents were driving to Iowa to end their relationship and take Jason back to California. Michael soon learned that love is more complex than he'd thought, and that he and Jason had different expectations as to sexual exploits outside of their relationship. Meanwhile, both young men were in denial of the possibility that their parents might be aware of the relationship. This book chronicles not only the innocence and overwhelming emotional power of one's first love affair, but the reactions of the lovers' parents to the relationship. A series of phone conversations between Jason and Michael's mothers results in both heated exchanges and unintended humor, all unbeknownst to the two young men. "Love is a Real Mother" examines the hot-button issue of sexual freedom versus sexual fidelity with unflinching candor as two young men cross the same bridge we all must between youth and adulthood., where they learn that love is indeed a "real mother" in more ways than one.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1076413021
• ISBN13: 9781076413024
• Release Date: November 2019
• Publisher: Independently published
• Length: 274 Pages
• Weight: 0.81 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.0" x 0.6" x 5.0"