SOLVED. Book about Mother and Son stranded on island [s]

[Pat]

A friend read this book back in the late 70's. She would read certain parts out loud to me. It was about a mother and son who were stranded or shipwrecked on an island. The son was a young child at the time and they ended up being on the island a very long time. His mother was the only other person / woman he had ever seen. At the end, his mother let him become a man with her.

[Lobstergirl, au gratin]

Oh dear.

[Pat]

I found it. It's called "The Savage is Loose" by Max Ehrlich. I remembered it was also a movie that starred George C Scott.

[Rainbowheart]

The Savage Is Loose for the link.