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A Memoir
Viking
March 2015
On Sale: March 10, 2015
288 pages
ISBN: 0525427201
EAN: 9780525427209
Kindle: B00LFZ83KS
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Non-Fiction Memoir
When George Hodgman leaves Manhattan for his hometown of Paris, Missouri, he finds himselfβan unlikely caretaker and near-lethal cookβin 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 canβt bring himself to force her from the home both treasureβthe place where his fatherβs 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 Bettyβs life and his own struggle for self-respect, moving readers from their small townβcrumbling but still colorfulβto the star-studded corridors of Vanity Fair. Evocative of The End of Your Life Book Club and The Tender Bar, Hodgmanβs debut is both an indelible portrait of a family and an exquisitely told tale of a prodigal sonβs return.
 Media BuzzPBS News Hour - March 19, 2015
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