Our short history
Subtitle: a novel
By: Lauren Grodstein
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill
Published: 2017
Language: eng
Number of pages: 342
ISBN-13: 9781616206222
Copyright date: 2017
Subjects: Absentee fathers; Terminally ill parents; Mothers and sons; Self-actualization (Psychology); Fiction
Description: "Karen Neulander has always been fiercely protective of her son, Jacob, now six. When Jacob's father, Dave, found out Karen was pregnant and made it clear that fatherhood wasn't in his plans, Karen walked out of the relationship, never telling Dave her intention was to raise their child alone. But now Jake is asking to meet his dad, and with good reason: Karen is dying. When she finally calls her ex, she's shocked to find Dave ecstatic about the son he never knew he had. As she tries to play out her last days in the "right" way, Karen wrestles with the truth that the only thing she cannot bring herself to do for her son--let his father become a permanent part of his life--is the thing he needs from her the most"--
Notes: "Published simultaneously in Canada by Thomas Allen & Son Limited"--Title page verso.