Mother's Milk

About the Book

MOTHER, LOVE, DEATH: these three words when combined, are among the most compelling in the English language. Mother’s Milk is a moving human drama about a young minister who finds no way to cope with the death of his beloved mother. The response to her loss by this "prodigal son" sends his world crashing down around him, but his life’s journey takes a riveting look at some of the most puzzling mysteries of an "ordinary" society. He falls into a grief-induced antipathy which nearly kills him, destroying all hope for a productive life, until a most unlikely redeemer finds a way to him. Based on a true story, the reader is taken on a spectacular journey-weaving in and out of past and present moments to reveal the depth of familial love and his losses. Finally, we see his redemption through the yet-to-be fully explored powers of a "Mother’s Milk."

About the Author

Dwight G. Stackhouse, Writer, Actor I began my artistic career as a stage actor in 1977, and have performed nationally on stages in Detroit, Grand Rapids, Boston, New York, and abroad in France. As a protégé of the late and legendary writer, James Baldwin, having spent three years under his tutelage, I have recently completed my first novel. I am a writer of poetry, plays, and short stories. The autobiographical novel, called “Mother’s Milk,” has been submitted to the Kresge Foundation for a fellowship award. I write out of Detroit Michigan where I own and manage a private home inspection company.