Full name: Bettyville: A Memoir

Author: George Hodgman Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: Memoirs, Non Fiction Purchase/reserch links: LibraryThing Goodreads Amazon ISBNs: 9780525427209 9780143107880 0525427201 0143107887

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. Similar books: My Own Two Feet by Beverly Cleary Then Again by Diane Keaton Myself When Young by Daphne Du Maurier In Spite of Myself by Christopher Plummer Somewhere Towards the End by Diana Athill Blackbird by Jennifer Lauck In Pieces by Sally Field Still Waters by Jennifer Lauck Messages From My Father by Calvin Trillin Knots in My Yo-Yo String by Jerry Spinelli An Open Book by Monica Dickens Looking Back by Lois Lowry Finding Fish by Antwone Q. Fisher Dead End Gene Pool by Wendy Burden The Bill from My Father by Bernard Cooper When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom Born a Crime by Trevor Noah Educated by Tara Westover Half Broke Horses by Jeannette Walls