Bettyville A Memoir |
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| Author:
| Hodgman, George |
| ISBN: | 978-1-59413-963-5 |
| Publication Date: | Feb 2016 |
| Publisher: | Thorndike Press
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| Imprint: | Large Print Press |
| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $17.00 |
Book Description:
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When George Hodgman leaves Manhattan for Paris, Missouri, he finds himself -- an unlikely caretaker -- in a head-on collision with his aging mother, Betty, a woman of wit and will who has never really accepted the fact that her son is gay. Hodgman, who can't bring himself to force her from the home both treasure, reveals the challenges of Betty's life and his own struggle for self-respect from their small town to the star-studded corridors of Vanity Fair.
When George Hodgman leaves Manhattan for Paris, Missouri, he finds himself -- an unlikely caretaker -- in a head-on collision with his aging mother, Betty, a woman of wit and will who has never really accepted the fact that her son is gay. Hodgman, who can't bring himself to force her from the home both treasure, reveals the challenges of Betty's life and his own struggle for self-respect from their small town to the star-studded corridors of Vanity Fair.