Circling my mother
By: Mary Gordon
Edition: 1st ed
Publisher: Pantheon Books
Published: 2007
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 254
ISBN-13: 9780375424564
Subjects: Gordon, Mary, -- 1949- -- Family; Authors, American -- 20th century -- Family relationships
Description: The author shares the life story of her mother, Anna Gagliano Gordon--a hard-working single mother whose life was shaped by polio, alcoholism, and dementia--and discusses their relationship and her role as a daughter.
Table of contents: title: Bonnard and my mother's ninetieth birthday; title: My mother and her bosses; title: My mother : words and music; title: My mother and her sisters; title: My mother and her friends; title: My mother and priests; title: My mother and my father; title: My mother and the great world; title: My mother's body; title: Bonnard and my mother's death