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Bettyville : a memoir
- Title
- Bettyville : a memoir / George Hodgman.
- Author
- Hodgman, George.
- Publication
- New York, New York : Viking, 2015.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | JFD 16-3756 | Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315 |
Details
- Description
- 278 pages; 22 cm
- Summary
- "A witty, tender memoir of a son's journey home to care for his irascible mother--a tale of secrets, silences, and enduring love. When George Hodgman leaves Manhattan for his hometown of Paris, Missouri, he finds himself--an unlikely caretaker and near-lethal cook--in a head-on collision with his aging mother, Betty, a woman of wit and will. Will George lure her into assisted living? When hell freezes over. He can't bring himself to force her from the home both treasure--the place where his father's voice lingers, the scene of shared jokes, skirmishes, and, behind the dusty antiques, a rarely acknowledged conflict: Betty, who speaks her mind but cannot quite reveal her heart, has never really accepted the fact that her son is gay. As these two unforgettable characters try to bring their different worlds together, Hodgman reveals the challenges of Betty's life and his own struggle for self-respect, moving readers from their small town-crumbling but still colorful-to the star-studded corridors of Vanity Fair. Evocative of The End of Your Life Book Club and The Tender Bar, Hodgman's debut is both an indelible portrait of a family and an exquisitely told tale of a prodigal son's return"--
- Subject
- Hodgman, George
- Adult children of aging parents > United States > Biography
- Caregivers > United States > Biography
- Aging parents > Care > United States
- Mothers and sons > United States
- Sons > Family relationships > United States
- Gay men > Family relationships > United States
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Editors, Journalists, Publishers
- FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS / Eldercare
- Call Number
- JFD 16-3756
- ISBN
- 9780525427209
- 0525427201
- LCCN
- 2014038536
- OCLC
- 2014038536
- Author
- Hodgman, George.
- Title
- Bettyville : a memoir / George Hodgman.
- Publisher
- New York, New York : Viking, 2015.
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
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- Research Call Number
- JFD 16-3756
