Host of Memories: Tales of Inevitable Happenstance

This collection of personal stories reveals just how powerfully one man's present has been shaped by the richness of his past. Following his parents' divorce in segregated pre-Castro Miami in the late 1950s, Peter Rupert Lighte moved with his fragile mother to New York City, where he was raised amidst a community of eccentric and loving relatives and friends. In Host of Memories, he shares tales of his early years as an awkward only child; his Jewish roots; his fortuitous encounters with Chinese culture; his embrace of sexuality; life in Beijing, London, Hong Kong, and Tokyo; dreams of fatherhood; and much more. He ultimately find his future husband--a distinguished English composer--and, together with their two adopted daughters, as sense of belonging.

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Acausal Press
Published: 11/20/2022
ISBN: 9780991252978
Pages: 342
Weight: 0.85lbs
Size: 7.70h x 5.10w x 1.40d

Review Citations: Kirkus Reviews 06/01/2015
Publishers Weekly 06/08/2015
Foreword 08/27/2015