Mothers and Sons by Adam Haslett

Format & Condition: Hardcover, New
Genre: Literary Fiction

Peter, an overworked asylum lawyer in New York, has spent years keeping his mother at a distance. When a young client’s case brings painful memories to the surface, he must confront the past that shaped their estrangement—and the secrets both have carried.

For readers who appreciate emotionally complex family stories and characters whose relationships resist easy answers. This is a novel about the distance between loving someone and understanding them.