Bettyville, a memoir, George Hodgman
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Bettyville, a memoir, George Hodgman
Language
eng
resource.biographical
autobiography
Index
no index present
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
Bettyville
Responsibility statement
George Hodgman
Sub title
a memoir
Summary
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
Target audience
adult
Classification
Creator
Genre
Subject
- Aging parents + Care -- United States
- Sons + Family relationships -- United States
- Mothers and sons -- United States
- Adult children of aging parents -- United States -- Biography
- Caregivers -- United States -- Biography
- Gay men + Family relationships -- United States
- Hodgman, George
- Large print books
- Large print books
Content
Author
Incoming Resources
- Has instance1
Outgoing Resources
- Classification1
- Creator1
- Genre1
- Subject9
- Aging parents + Care -- United States
- Sons + Family relationships -- United States
- Mothers and sons -- United States
- Adult children of aging parents -- United States -- Biography
- Caregivers -- United States -- Biography
- Gay men + Family relationships -- United States
- Hodgman, George
- Large print books
- Large print books
- Content1
- Author1