Conversations with Mother

Matthew Lombardo

Growing up isn’t easy—especially with a strong-willed, Italian-American mother keeping tabs on your every move. Free-spirited Bobby has a knack for getting into trouble, and his mother, Maria, never hesitates to offer her opinion, like it or lump it. As he comes of age and builds a life for himself in New York City as a struggling playwright — is there any other kind? — Maria is always there with a phone call or check-in, following her mother’s intuition. And when Bobby begins to seek independence as a gay man, Maria stretches her own beliefs to support him. Through learning curves, life’s complications, and hard-won victories, their love for each other never diminishes, with plenty of laughs and only a few tears.

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