My Mother's Son

A Novel

• The debut publication from David Hirshberg, a top-level executive and entrepreneur whose business acumen and street smarts have brought him great success.
• The author is a highly entertaining and interesting speaker / compelling media interviewer, who has extensive experience presenting both to large and intimate audiences.
• My Mother's Son is a meticulously-crafted novel that is poignant, suspenseful, and humorous, with vivid descriptions and brilliant use of language.
• It is a riveting coming-of-age story that plays out against the backdrop of the Korean War, the aftermath of the Holocaust, the polio epidemic, the relocation of a baseball team, and the shenanigans of politicians and businessmen.
• It speaks to the key issues that confront America today, but has been purposefully set in earlier times, so as to provide some distance from the current 'talking heads' climate that instantly categorizes and analyzes events from a narrow, partisan perspective.
• The story is told by a radio raconteur revisiting his past in post-World War II Boston, the playground and battleground for two brothers whose lives are transformed by discoveries they never could have imagined.
• Hirshberg deftly weaves together events, characters (including historical figures), and clues and creates a rich tapestry of betrayal, persecution, death, loyalty, and unconditional love.
• The novel entertains with wit, humor, and secrets both dark and luminously incandescent.
• For readers who loved Philip Roth's The Plot Against America and Michael Chabon's The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay.
• My Mother's Son would especially appeal to people who: like historical fiction; enjoy page-turners; delight in stories about family dramas; have an affinity for Boston; are baseball fans; revel in political intrigue; grew up in the 50s; and remember with fondness radio raconteurs like Jean Shepherd.