Conversations and Cosmopolitans: How to Give Your Mother a Hangover

From the moment author Jane Rave received her son Robert’s momentous letter announcing he was gay, both their lives changed. While compiling the stories of their evolving relationship, Robert and Jane pondered whether unconditional love between a parent and child was possible after coming out. The resulting conversations and confessions, fraught with laughter and tears, helped them deal with their emotions. InConversations and Cosmopolitans: How to Give Your Mother a Hangover, Robert and Jane cover a diverse range of subjects, such as: point-if-ication,” being brainwashed into counting everything you eat and putting it into a point system; me but Latin,” what most gay men are looking for in a potential mate; and a M’Lynn moment,” based on Sally Field’s character inSteel Magnoliaswho lashes out at her friends in a fit of despair. Conversations and Cosmopolitanschronicles an extraordinary friendship that grows stronger as mother and son learn to be more honest with each other—and more honest with themselves.Rave, Robert is the author of 'Conversations and Cosmopolitans: How to Give Your Mother a Hangover' with ISBN 9780595677412 and ISBN 059567741X.