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Temporarily out of stock
Title: Bettyville
Author: HODGMAN GEORGE
Format: PAPERBACK
Publication date: 12/07/2016
Imprint: TWO ROADS
Price: $20.00
Publishing status: Active
THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER SOON TO BE A TV SERIES STARRING ACADEMY AWARD WINNER SHIRLEY MacLAINE AND TONY WINNER MATTHEW BRODERICK ‘A REMARKABLE, LAUGH-OUT-LOUD BOOK’ New York Times ‘WITHOUT A DOUBT MY FAVOURITE BOOK OF THE YEAR. WISE, WITTY, AND HEARTBREAKING’ Nathan Lane, Wall Street Journal ‘A HUMOROUS, BITTERSWEET ACCOUNT OF HODGMAN’S CARING FOR HIS AGING, IRASCIBLE MOTHER’ Vanity Fair 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 New York Times bestselling debut is both an indelible portrait of a family and an exquisitely told tale of a prodigal son’s return.
ISBN: 9781473649668
Pages: 288