Lightning Rod

Approaching his 40th birthday, Bryan Getz yearns to reestablish the close relationship he once had with his mother, Thelma. As her only child, she doted upon him, lavishing him with affection, especially as her marriage to Bryan's father deteriorated. They finally separated when Bryan was ten. From then until age thirteen Bryan was literally the center of his single-mother's universe.

All that changed during his thirteenth year, when she began to date and then marry another man.

Bryan deteste...