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The idea of a cultured gay man leaving New York City to care for his aging mother in Paris Missouri is already funny and George Hodgman reaps that humor with great charm. But then he plunges deep examining the warm yet fraught relationship between mother and son with profound insight and understanding. Alison Bechdel author of?Fun Home
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NEW YORK TIMES?BESTSELLER

FINALIST FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD
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When George Hodgman leaves Manhattan for his hometown of Paris Missouri he finds himselfan unlikely caretaker and near-lethal cookin a head-on collision with his aging mother Betty a woman of wit and will. Will George lure her into assisted living? When hell freezes over. He cant bring himself to force her from the home both treasurethe place where his fathers 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.
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As 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-respec