"What
happens when a mother finds out her son is gay? Robb Forman
Dew's account of that moment in her life, and of the subsequent
journey she makes with her family from confusion to a
clear and powerful commitment, is a book everyone should
read. In this extraordinarily honest examination of maternal,
family, and community attitudes toward homosexuality,
Robb Dew not only wrestles with her own mistakes and dreams,
but moves us to reflect on the American attitude in general."
"Family happiness was a subject Robb Dew believed
she understood in all its complexities - until one spring
day when her son told her he was gay. In the Family Heart,
she navigates deep emotional waters in order to accommodate
this knowledge, turning her attention to her own husband
and two sons and the events that began for them three
years ago. It was a soft day in May, and her older son,
Stephen, was home from his sophomore year at college when
he told her, "I think I might be gay...No, that's
not what I mean. I mean I am gay." This moment, so
difficult to remember because it left them both moving
into uncharted territory, began a process of evolution
in the family -- of love and enlightenment and deeper
acceptance that has left no family member untouched."
.....Kathryn Steffensen
