Born different, a boy struggles. His story draws you in. So, too, does his mother’s relentless quest. From the fight for an appropriate education through the fight for his life as he enters the harrowing world of addiction, a mother’s passion for her son’s equal rights and her unshakable belief in his potential seep through the pages as does her coming to terms with her own flaws.
The boy’s poetry—undiscovered in his lifetime—is intertwined, depicting the inner life of a person underestimated and, in many ways, unknown.
