{"product_id":"bettyville","title":"George Hodgman: Bettyville [2016] paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'OUR FAVOURITE READS OF 2016' \u003ci\u003eTHE TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e | \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e BESTSELLER\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A BOOK THAT HAS YOU EMAILING FRIENDS \"YOU HAVE TO READ THIS\"' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Sunday Times - \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A WARM AND POIGNANT MEMOIR' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eDaily Express - \u003c\/i\u003e'\u003cb\u003eWITHOUT A DOUBT MY FAVOURITE BOOK OF THE YEAR'\u003c\/b\u003e Nathan Lane, \u003ci\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSigned by Paramount for TV starring Oscar-winner Shirley MacLaine \u0026amp; Tony-winner Matthew Broderick\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA witty, tender memoir of a son's journey home to care for his irascible mother with dementia - a tale of secrets, silences, and enduring love.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen George Hodgman leaves \u003cb\u003eManhattan\u003c\/b\u003e for his hometown of Paris, Missouri, he finds himself-an unlikely caretaker and near-lethal cook-in a head-on collision with his ageing 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs 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 colourful-to the star-studded corridors of \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eVanity Fair\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e. Evocative of \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe End of Your Life \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eBook Club\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Tender Bar\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e, Hodgman's \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling debut\u003c\/b\u003e is both an indelible portrait of a family and an exquisitely told tale of a prodigal son's return.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Hodgman, George","offers":[{"title":"Very Good","offer_id":50032612540755,"sku":"XV81473649668","price":1.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0616\/4001\/6057\/files\/hodgman-george-bettyville-xv81473649668-60590384382291.jpg?v=1735712219","url":"https:\/\/chaptersbookstore.pro\/products\/bettyville","provider":"Chapters Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}