4 Seasons Book Club - "Mothers and Sons" by Adam Haslett

Join us for a discussion of Mothers and Sons by Adam Haslett!

At forty, Peter, an asylum lawyer in New York City, is overworked and isolated. He spends his days immersed in the struggles of his clients only to return to an empty apartment and occasional hook-ups with a man who wants more than Peter can give. But when the asylum case of a young gay man pierces Peter's numbness, the event that he has avoided for twenty years returns to haunt him. Ann, his mother, runs a women's spiritual retreat center in rural Vermont with her partner Claire. Ann’s breakup with her husband (and Peter’s father) after falling for Clare disrupted her life, and both mother and son have been swallowing a lot of unspoken hurt. She long ago banished from her mind the decision that divided her from her son. But as Peter’s case plunges him further into the memory of his first love and the night of violence that changed his life forever, he and his mother must confront the secret that tore them apart. With unsurpassed emotional depth, this novel reveals all that is lost by looking away from the past and what might be restored by facing it.  www.goodreads.com/book/show/212923993-mothers-and-sons