Dear Stephen Michael's Mother

"Abandoned by his mother at birth, Kevin was enveloped in a labyrinth of adoption, addiction, and child sexual abuse. By age twenty, a shell of the boy he once was, Kevin succumbed completely to a suidical lifestyle of drug dealing and prostitution. At forty-five, after many years of recovery, Kevin began a painful journey to uncover his origins, and the hopeful search for his mother. Dear Stephen Michael's Mother chronicles the unfolding of these two stories. The interwoven perspectives offer an unflinching look at the myriad ways life can cloak us in darkness and helplessness yet still resonate with joy and recovery"--Back cover.