John Tremont, a middle-aged man with a family, is summoned to
his mother's bedside after she has suffered a heart attack. When he
arrives, he finds her shaken but surviving; it is his father, left
alone, who is unable to cope, who begins to fail, to slip away from
life. Joined by his nineteen-year-old son, John suddenly becomes
enmeshed in the frightening, consuming, endless minutiae of caring
for a beloved, dying parent. He also finds himself inescapably
confronting his own middle age, jammed between his son's feckless
impatience to get on with his life and his father's heartbreaking
willingness to let go. A story of the love that binds generations,
Dad celebrates the universe of possibilities within every
individual life.
General
Imprint: |
Newmarket Press,U.S.
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Country of origin: |
United States |
Release date: |
July 1996 |
First published: |
July 1996 |
Authors: |
William Wharton
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Dimensions: |
204 x 132 x 30mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback
|
Pages: |
466 |
Edition: |
1st Newmarket ed |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-55704-256-9 |
Categories: |
Books >
Fiction >
General & literary fiction >
Modern fiction
Promotions
|
LSN: |
1-55704-256-X |
Barcode: |
9781557042569 |
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