Losing Mum and Pup: A Memoir
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Buckley, Christopher Author
Published
Grand Central Publishing , 2009.
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Description
"I had more or less resolved not to write a book about my parents. But I'm a writer, and when the universe hands you material like this, not writing about it amounts either to waste or a conscious act of evasion."So begins award-winning author Christopher Buckley in the most personal and transcendent work of his life, the tragicomic true story of the year in which both of his parents died.In twelve months between 2007 and 2008, Buckley coped with the passing of his dad, William F. Buckley, the father of the modern conservative movement, and his mother, Patricia Taylor Buckley, one of New York's most glamorous and colorful socialites. He was their only child and their relationship was close and complicated. Writes Buckley: "They were not - with respect to every other set of loving, wonderful parents in the world - your typical mom and dad."As Buckley tells the story of their final year together, he takes readers on a surprisingly entertaining tour, capturing the heartbreaking and disorienting feeling of becoming a fifty-five-year-old orphan. Through it all, Buckley maintains his sense of humor by recalling the words of Oscar Wilde: "To lose one parent may be regarded as a misfortune. To lose both looks like carelessness."
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Format
eBook, Kindle
Street Date
05/06/2009
Language
English
ISBN
9780446556644, 9781599957975
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Sharp-tongued novelist Buckley recalls his close relations with his parents, conservative William F. Buckley Jr. and socialite Patricia Taylor Buckley, both recently deceased. Copyright 2009 Reed Business Information.
Copyright 2009 Reed Business Information.
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Citations
APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Buckley, C. (2009). Losing Mum and Pup: A Memoir . Grand Central Publishing.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Buckley, Christopher. 2009. Losing Mum and Pup: A Memoir. Grand Central Publishing.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Buckley, Christopher. Losing Mum and Pup: A Memoir Grand Central Publishing, 2009.
Harvard Citation (style guide)Buckley, C. (2009). Losing mum and pup: a memoir. Grand Central Publishing.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Buckley, Christopher. Losing Mum and Pup: A Memoir Grand Central Publishing, 2009.
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