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001 2014038536
003 DLC
005 20151229075848.0
008 141105s2015 nyu 000 0aeng
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020 $a9780525427209 (hardback)
040 $aDLC$beng$erda$cDLC$dDLC
042 $apcc
043 $an-us---
050 00 $aHQ1063.6$b.H63 2015
082 00 $a306.874$223
084 $aBIO025000$aFAM017000$2bisacsh
100 1 $aHodgman, George,$eauthor.
245 10 $aBettyville :$ba memoir /$cGeorge Hodgman.
264 1 $aNew York :$bViking,$c[2015]
300 $a278 pages ;$c22 cm
336 $atext$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$2rdacarrier
520 $a"A witty, tender memoir of a son's journey home to care for his irascible mother--a tale of secrets, silences, and enduring love. When George Hodgman leaves Manhattan for his hometown of Paris, Missouri, he finds himself--an unlikely caretaker and near-lethal cook--in a head-on collision with his aging mother, Betty, a woman of wit and will. Will George lure her into assisted living? When hell freezes over. He can't bring himself to force her from the home both treasure--the place where his father's voice lingers, the scene of shared jokes, skirmishes, and, behind the dusty antiques, a rarely acknowledged conflict: Betty, who speaks her mind but cannot quite reveal her heart, has never really accepted the fact that her son is gay. As these two unforgettable characters try to bring their different worlds together, Hodgman reveals the challenges of Betty's life and his own struggle for self-respect, moving readers from their small town-crumbling but still colorful-to the star-studded corridors of Vanity Fair. Evocative of The End of Your Life Book Club and The Tender Bar, Hodgman's debut is both an indelible portrait of a family and an exquisitely told tale of a prodigal son's return"--$cProvided by publisher.
600 10 $aHodgman, George.
650 0 $aAdult children of aging parents$zUnited States$vBiography.
650 0 $aCaregivers$zUnited States$vBiography.
650 0 $aAging parents$xCare$zUnited States.
650 0 $aMothers and sons$zUnited States.
650 0 $aSons$xFamily relationships$zUnited States.
650 0 $aGay men$xFamily relationships$zUnited States.
650 7 $aBIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Editors, Journalists, Publishers.$2bisacsh
650 7 $aFAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS / Eldercare.$2bisacsh
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