Description: Mothering a male child often requires looking at the world from a new, unfamiliar perspective. While such recent studies as Lost Boys and Raising Cain discuss pressing issues about young boys in our society, Between Mothers and Sons is the only book that captures the deeply personal point of view of mothers.

In reflections gathered from adoptive and biracial families, from Native-American and African-American mothers, from well-known writers and less familiar names, Between Mothers and Sons presents a rich range of experiences. Deborah Galyan writes with humor about her son's infatuation with "Star Trek"; Mary Gordon faces the fact that feminist mothers "can't afford...to see the male as a permanently unreconstructable gender"; and Jo-Ann Mapson describes her son's heart-shattering act of adolescent rebellion.

Resounding with love, pride, and poignancy, Between Mothers and Sons brilliantly illuminates the obstacles and the rewards women encounter as they guide their sons towards manhood.

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