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There's a depressed feeling to this book which makes it difficult to read, especially in the first half, but that is very much of its time - AIDS hangs over the characters, although without anyone being infected. A lot is resolved in the second half and overall it ends on a note of cautious optimism.
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1986 novel by author, David Leavitt, set in New York and addresses the son's decision to "come out" and tell his parents about his being Gay. The book deals with relationships with Philip's boyfriends and in that it is a bit of a romance. It deals with relationships of Philip with his mother, with his father. The title of book comes from a new article about a child who developed his language from watching cranes (construction) outside of his window. (a bit like Are You My Mother).
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