Grampa Jack

About the Book

Until the death of his widowed daughter, Jack Turner, syndicated columnist and amateur athlete, savored the solitude of his gay lifestyle in Laguna Beach, California. It’s winter of 2002. He assumes legal guardianship of six-year-old Jamey Fitzpatrick, his only grandchild. The paternal grandparents, Rob Fitzpatrick, a steadfast conservative and esteemed corporate attorney, and Peg Fitzpatrick, his trophy wife and Newport Beach socialite, file a Petition of Termination in Superior Court pursuing full guardianship of Jamey. They allege gross immorality. Jack hires Kevin Stevens, pricey family law attorney and domestic partner to William Broderick, the man who Jack has been in love with for twenty-eight years. Jack’s loss and guarded loneliness are grounded by Jamey’s love and innocent wisdom. But it is the depth of Jamey’s love that empowers Jack to stand his ground against one family’s dogmatic Fundamentalist beliefs and prejudice.

About the Author

Rocky lives in the Valley of the Moon, the heart of Northern California’s wine country, where he writes and lives with his domestic partner and their four Papillons.