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The beloved son : a novel / Jay Quinn.

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Alyson Books, c2007.

Sandwich generation -- Fiction.

Brothers -- Fiction.

Gay men -- Fiction.

Middle-aged men -- Fiction.

Intergenerational relations -- Fiction.

Parent and adult child -- Fiction.

North Carolina -- Fiction.

1st hardcover ed.

305 p. ; 24 cm.

"It's called the "sandwich" generation, grown children who are simultaneously caring for both aging parents and nearly adult children. Karl Preston, at fifty-two, certainly fits this image, as he lives an emotionally comfortable life with his wife and daughter in an affluent North Carolina suburb. But preparing for a weekend visit to his elderly parents' Florida home, Karl becomes increasingly aware of the pressing concerns of their faltering lives-realizing too it will be the first time in years he has seen his gay brother, Sven. Frank, Karl's father, is bellicose and bewildered, and Annike, his still beautiful mother, is increasingly isolated, despite her fluency in three languages. Then there is Sven: Harried, loving, and hopeful, he is a forty-year-old gay man who finds his life bound by the confines of his parents' needs, a situation that has taken over his life. In rich, lyrical prose, Jay Quinn charts what happens when responsibility outweighs love, when obligation turns to guilt, and when the walls come down and the truth unfolds. The Beloved Son marks a new chapter in Jay Quinn's remarkable career, as he paints both a loving and tortured portrait of the modern-day family."--Publisher.

Psychological fiction.

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