Boy From the North Country

Boy From The North Country Is A Humorous Poignant And Sometimes Painful Memoir. Written From The Perspective Of A Gay Psychologist Who Survived Growing Up In Rural Northern New York After Being Abandoned By His Father This Is A Story About Finding Healing In Mindfulness Accepting And Recovering From Trauma And Getting About The Business Of Living. In This Powerful Self-Help Memoir Dr. Durant Takes Us From The Winding Backroads Of Northern New York While Describing White-Knuckle Tales Of Parental Volatility. Told With The Energy And Suspense Of A Car Chase The Book Careens From Stories Of Childhood Innocence In Upstate New York To The Late-Night Parties In Gay San Francisco In An Attempt To Tell Us How One Man Finds Himself Navigating Back From The Isolation Imposed By Trauma. It Is A Story Of Survival. Part Beautiful Thing Part A Place At The Table Boy From The North Country Is Written By A Clinical Psychologist Who Learned How To Survive As A Gay Kid In Rural America…The Hard Way. Combining Insights From His Studies Of Trauma As A Psychologist His Own Meditation On The Trials Of His Life And From The Personal Narratives Told To Him By His Patients At His Manhattan Practice Dr. Durant’S Story Provides Both A Cautionary Tale On What Happens When We Abandon The Needs Of Our Gay Kids And Offers A Bit Of Hope For Those Struggling To Survive.