Losing Mum and Pup
Subtitle: a memoir
By: Christopher Buckley
Edition: 1st large print ed.
Publisher: Twelve
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 384
ISBN-13: 9780446552394
Subjects: Last years; Death and burial; Death; Family; American Authors; Parents; Psychological aspects; Large type books; Family relationships
Description: Bestselling author Buckley's most personal and transcendent work--the tragicomic true story of the year in which he lost both of his parents. The author offers consolation, wit, and warmth to those coping with the death of a mother or father.
Table of contents: title: You're next; title: April is the cruelest month; title: She's already in heaven; title: I guess we can do anything we want to; title: That sounded like a fun dinner; title: I don't want champagne; title: Dude, what's with your Dad?; title: You need to get here as quickly as you can; title: We're terribly late as it is; title: I miss my urine report; title: You can imagine how pleased your mother was; title: My old man and the sea; title: If it weren't for the religious aspect; title: I'd do the same for you; title: Please not to arrest my dear father; title: Blood of the fathers; title: That would be a real bore; title: Boy, how he'd have loved this; title: He's looking much better; title: Something I've written for the paper; title: A bit much to spring on a lad with a morning head; title: There's a Mr. X, apparently; title: Home is the sailor; title: Postlude; title: The hunter home from the hill.