Becoming Patrick: A Memoir (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780982801901)

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 isBecoming Patrick."

Author: Patrick James McMahon
ISBN-10: 0982801904
ISBN-13: 9780982801901
Publisher: Deep Root Press
Language: English
Published: 04/11/2011
Pages: 340
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.85lbs
Size: 8.00h x 5.25w x 0.76d