This story takes place from the 1960s to 2003 and is from Jack Matheson’s POV. The way to handle a gay son…“…is to love him, simply love him, merely love him, love him, love him.” The title is a riff off the Lerner and Lowe song “How to Handle a Woman” from their musical, Camelot. The towns, businesses, and schools on Long Island are real, and no disrespect is meant to any of them. However, while there is no bar called the Sinn Fein—it is my own invention—the stories told there are true; only the names of the men they happened to have been changed. :) Needless to say, the Management does not advocate underage drinking or drinking and driving.
Thanks to Tim Mead for the information about the cost of living in a fraternity. I figured sororities would have something similar. The black Lab is
