Second Son

Literature & Fiction

Ferro, Robert

Contemporary

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Max Desir loved his Italian-American family--even after his iron-willed father exiled him from its intimate inner circle. Max Desir loved his lover, Nick, with whom he openly took up life first amid the enchantment of Rome, then amid the realities of New York. Two loves so deeply felt--in a man so painfully divided.

The Family of Max Desir

Plume

Beginning in Florence, Italy, this story follows two friends--Peter and Chase--and reveals their romances, their secrets, and their passions over a twenty-five year period

The Blue Star

United States

In a family torn apart by a mother's death and lifelong tensions between the four siblings, the devastating illness of one of the children forces each family member to search for hope and the meaning of love

Crown

A young man's revelation of his homosexuality leads to a dramatic confrontation with his father

Dutton

E.P. Dutton, Inc.

Quality Paperback Book Club

It was a family dealing with old values, acceptance and death. Max Desir loved his Italian roots and hearing his mother, Marie, recount tales of the old country. And he loved his American family, his father John a successful self-made businessman in New Jersey. As he came of age, Max discovered something else he loved - men - and met the love of his life in Italy. Now, at age 40, the family is split: Marie and his siblings accept Max and Nick as a stable, long-term couple but his father John does not. When a needlepoint family tree is to be hung at Christmas, it's too much for John. Then the spectre of death enters as Marie rapidly declines with brain cancer. Loyalties divided, acceptance of family is re-examined. In this beautiful, haunting tale, told in Robert Ferro's clear, impassioned narrative, he created a classic. "An honest, eloquent and entirely original novel ... at once realistic and mythological, intensely personal and public ... a triumph," opined Edmund White. Originally published in 1984, this edition includes a 2019 foreword by fellow author and friend Felice Picano.

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Second Son

The Family of Max Desir

The Blue Star

The Family of Max Desir

Second Son

The Family of Max Desir

The Blue Star

The Blue Star

The Family of Max Desir

The Family of Max Desir