Rocks in the Belly is about a precocious eight-year-old boy and the
volatile adult he becomes. During childhood his mother fosters boys,
despite the jealous turmoil it arouses in her son. Jealousy that reaches
unmanageable proportions when she fosters Robert, an amiable child she
can't help bonding with. Until the bond triggers an event that
profoundly changes everyone. Especially Robert. At twenty-eight the son
returns to face his mother. He hasn't forgiven her for what happened to
Robert. But now she's the dependent one and he the dominant force - a
power he can't help but abuse. Written in two startlingly original
voices, Rocks in the Belly is about the destruction we wreak on one
another in the pursuit of our own happiness; how we never escape our
upbringing; and a stark reminder that the most dangerous place for a
child is within the family. A compelling, powerful, and yet beautiful
and funny novel.
