No Son of Mine: A Memoir

Jonathan Corcoran was the youngest and only son of three siblings in a family balanced on the precipice of poverty. His mother, a traditional, evangelical, and insular woman who had survived abuse and abandonment, was often his only ally. Together they navigated a strained homelife dominated by his distant, gambling-addicted father and shared a seemingly unbreakable bond.



When Corcoran left home to attend Brown University, a chasm between his upbringing and his reality began to open. As his ...