Sons and Mothers Author:Matthew Glendinning, Glendinnin These pieces look at one of the most crucial of all human relationships: the bond between mother and son. A priest, an old man famous for his comic antics, and a newsman all write about their mothers. While a mother remembers sending her sons away to boarding school, a stepmother tells what it's like to inherit another woman's son, and a young m... more »other portrays the utterly helpless love she feels for her infant son. A frank, unsentimental, shrewdly insightful collection.« less