G. Thomas Couser

Letter to My Father

A Memoir

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Produktbeschreibung

Having wounded his father with a devastating letter when he was twenty-three and felt somewhat responsible for his subsequent mental collapse, the author reexamines his father's life using documents found after his death to reflect on their relationship and reach a reconciliation with a man he had not really known.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Hamilton Books
• Seitenzahl: 222
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. August 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 12mm
• Gewicht: 329g
• ISBN-13: 9780761869580
• ISBN-10: 0761869581
• Artikelnr.: 48688328

Autorenporträt

By G. Thomas Couser

Inhaltsangabe

List of Figures Acknowledgments Prologue: In My Father's Closet: Life,
Death, and Letters Part One: The Father I (Thought I) Knew 1. After the
War: Manchester, New Hampshire 1947-1954 2. Suburban Life: Melrose
1954-1968 3. The Empty Nest: 1964 to 1973 4. McLean Patient, 1973 5.
Widower: 1973-1975 6. Endnotes: A Life in Scraps, 1974-75 Part Two: Part
Two: The Father I Never Knew (But Now Know) 7. Mill Town Lad: 1906-1930 8.
"In Aleppo Once": Syria 1930-33 9. First Love: Rody 10. Illicit Love: Lena
11. Manly Love: Bob and the YMCA 12. Edgar: "To you, I shall return a
Prodigal" 13. George Saylor: Gay Blade 14. Marriage, War, and Family
Epilogue: Grief Interrupted