Bettyville
Title | Bettyville PDF eBook |
Author | George Hodgman |
Publisher | Penguin |
Pages | 240 |
Release | 2015-03-10 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | 0698158458 |
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER FINALIST FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD “A beautifully crafted memoir, rich with humor and wisdom.” —Will Schwalbe, author of The End of Your Life Book Club “The idea of a cultured gay man leaving New York City to care for his aging mother in Paris, Missouri, is already funny, and George Hodgman reaps that humor with great charm. But then he plunges deep, examining the warm yet fraught relationship between mother and son with profound insight and understanding.” —Alison Bechdel, author of Fun Home 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.
Old Mo
Title | Old Mo PDF eBook |
Author | Stacey W. Hsu |
Publisher | Scholastic |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2011 |
Genre | Cats |
ISBN | 9780531264188 |
A boy describes the cat he loves. Includes suggested learning activities.
Stories of Old Hawaii
Title | Stories of Old Hawaii PDF eBook |
Author | Roy Alameida |
Publisher | Bess Press |
Pages | 144 |
Release | 1997 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9781573060264 |
Forty-five tales, stories and legends adapted from various sources about the natural history of Hawaii and the customs, crafts, arts and history of Polynesian Hawaiians. Includes one original story by the compiler.
Mobituaries
Title | Mobituaries PDF eBook |
Author | Mo Rocca |
Publisher | Simon and Schuster |
Pages | 384 |
Release | 2021-11-02 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | 1501197630 |
From popular TV correspondent and writer Rocca comes a charmingly irreverent and rigorously researched book that celebrates the dead people who made life worth living.
Campus Beauty's Genius Master
Title | Campus Beauty's Genius Master PDF eBook |
Author | Fei XiangDeQingWa |
Publisher | Funstory |
Pages | 856 |
Release | 2020-09-05 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 1636454062 |
A genius abandoning the young, being treated as a servant by a beautiful female student, being stepped on by a tyrant, being bullied by his friends and relatives, being beaten up by his friends for the sake of his friends and being thrown to the ground to die.
Official Manual of the State of Missouri
Title | Official Manual of the State of Missouri PDF eBook |
Author | Missouri. Office of the Secretary of State |
Publisher | |
Pages | 1516 |
Release | 1989 |
Genre | Executive departments |
ISBN |
The Official Railway Guide
Title | The Official Railway Guide PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Pages | 1820 |
Release | 1884 |
Genre | Railroads |
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