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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 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.
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