Mama's Boy: A Story from Our Americas

Mama's Boy: A Story from Our Americas

This heartfelt, deeply personal memoirÂ explores how a celebrated filmmaker and activist and his conservative Mormon mother builtÂ bridges across todayâ€™s great dividesâ€”and how our stories hold the power to heal.

Dustin Lance Black wrote the Oscar-winning screenplay for Milk and helped overturn Californiaâ€™s antiâ€“gay marriage Proposition 8, but as an LGBTQ activist he has unlikely originsâ€”a conservative Mormon household outside San Antonio, Texas. His mother, Anne, was raised in rural Louisiana and contracted polio when she was two years old. She endured brutal surgeries, as well as braces and crutches for life, and was told that she would never have children or a family. Willfully defying expectations, she found salvation in an unlikely faith, raised three rough-and-rowdy boys, and escaped the abuse and violence of two questionably devised Mormon marriages before finding love and an improbable career in the U.S. civil service.

By the time Lance came out to his mother at age twenty-one, he was a blue-state young man studying the arts instead of going on his Mormon mission. She derided his sexuality as a sinful choice and was terrified for his future. It may seem like theirs was a house destined to be divided, and at times it was. This story shines light on what it took to remain a family despite such divisionâ€”a journey that stretched from the steps of the U.S. Supreme Court to the woodsheds of East Texas. In the end, the rifts that have split a nation couldnâ€™t end this relationship that defined and inspired their remarkable lives.

Mamaâ€™s Boy is their story. Itâ€™s a story of the noble quest for a plane higher than politicsâ€”a story of family, foundations, turmoil, tragedy, elation, and love. It is a story needed now more than ever.
Country USA
Brand Knopf
Manufacturer Knopf
Binding Hardcover
ItemPartNumber 33630356
Color Sky/Pale blue
ReleaseDate 2019-04-30
UnitCount 1
Format Deckle Edge
EANs 9781524733278

Country	USA
Brand	Knopf
Manufacturer	Knopf
Binding	Hardcover
ItemPartNumber	33630356
Color	Sky/Pale blue
ReleaseDate	2019-04-30
UnitCount	1
Format	Deckle Edge
EANs	9781524733278

Mama's Boy: A Story from Our Americas

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