1 Mom, 2 Boys, and a Big Classic Novel

A Peek Inside Our Mother-Son Summer Book Club

This summer, every Wednesday around 3 p.m., my backyard deck is the place to be. This is where I host my third annual Mother-Son Book Club.

Like many parents in the last few years, I became aware of our lacking education system—and frankly that it was not going to recover anytime soon. I began pointing my middle-school-aged sons towards classic books to …