Unrequited time

"A troubled youth in search of direction finds himself groping to find his place despite numerous obstacles centering around his father looking for a duplicate. Such are the problems facing James C. McCurrach, Jr. as he passes through his early childhood years and the social upheavals encountered on the path to a new century. All this is complicated by the growing uncertainty of his sexual proclivities at a time when homosexuality was ridiculed and considered a deviancy beyond the pale. At the same time, his father's influence was a constant presence that would lead to a series of disasters, both socially and financially. Despite trying to throw off his father's yoke, there remainded a continuing need to please him and establish some sort of positive approval resulting in a series of tumultuous relationships and career moves. His mom had always told the youngster that he would be a late bloomer and indeed that prediction would come to pass as his later years the teaching profession would provide the purpose and rewards that had long eluded him" -- Publisher's description.