The Family of Max Desir
by Robert Ferro
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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 show more does not. When 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 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. show lessTags
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Homosexual son’s conflict with his father - family story
One my favorite Gay themed novels. Got me introduced with Ferro's books and read more.
hardback book with dust-jacket
inscribed to his fellow gay author Daniel Curzon on June 29th, 1988, with his signature
inscribed to his fellow gay author Daniel Curzon on June 29th, 1988, with his signature
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- 1983
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