When Pat McMahon risks the love of the mother who raised him by seeking out the mother who gave him away, he transforms from a mild-mannered engineer into a frenetic detective. After he overcomes the challenges of existential angst, bureaucratic roadblocks, and unemployment, the phone call to his first mother releases a torrent of long-buried feelings. During a sometimes turbulent long-distance unfolding, he absorbs her shocking revelations and comes out as gay once again. Their eventual reunion creates a profound bond, even as he navigates waves of conflicting emotions, merges past with present, and embarks on a new future rooted in truth and insights into the universal quest for identity and human connection. He is Becoming Patrick.

"Be prepared for a treat. For it is rare to have a memoir by a male adoptee, especially one so sensitive to the many issues around being adopted. Becoming Patrick is a quintessential adoption story that is essential for everyone, adopted or not."
                       –– Betty Jean Lifton, author of Journey of the Adopted Self

“I liked this book so much that I read it twice. Patrick McMahon has a wonderful, lyrical writing style. As he searches for his identity and a more authentic life, Patrick is especially articulate and honest in expressing his thoughts and feelings. This is an intelligent, smooth-flowing story which I highly recommend it to one and all.”
                     --Nancy Verrier, author of The Primal Wound and Coming Home to Self

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ISBN 978-0-9828019-0-1  310 pages
Size: 5.25 x 8 inches