Read The Home Stretch: A Father, a Son, and All the Things They Never Talk About

The Home Stretch: A Father, a Son, and All the Things They Never Talk About

George K. Ilsley

4.9/5 (13967 ratings)

Description:George K. Ilsley explores his complex relationship with his aging father in this candid memoir full of sharp emotion and disarming humor. George's father is ninety-one years old, a widower, and fiercely independent; an avid gardener, he's sweet and more than a little eccentric. But he's also a hoarder who makes embarrassing comments and invitations to women, and he has made no plans whatsoever for what is inevitably coming over the horizon.Decades after George has moved four time zones away, he begins to make regular trips home to help care for his cranky and uncooperative father, and to sift through the hoarded fragments of his father's life. In doing so, George is forced to confront some uncomfortable family secrets and ugly personal truths, only to discover that the inexorable power of life's journey pulls everyone along in its wake.The Home Stretch is a beguiling, moving book about aging parents who do not "go gently," and their adult children who must reckon with their own past before helping to guide them on their way.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Home Stretch: A Father, a Son, and All the Things They Never Talk About. To get started finding The Home Stretch: A Father, a Son, and All the Things They Never Talk About, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.

Pages: —

Format: PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition

Publisher: —

Release: 2020

ISBN: 1551527952

Description: George K. Ilsley explores his complex relationship with his aging father in this candid memoir full of sharp emotion and disarming humor. George's father is ninety-one years old, a widower, and fiercely independent; an avid gardener, he's sweet and more than a little eccentric. But he's also a hoarder who makes embarrassing comments and invitations to women, and he has made no plans whatsoever for what is inevitably coming over the horizon.Decades after George has moved four time zones away, he begins to make regular trips home to help care for his cranky and uncooperative father, and to sift through the hoarded fragments of his father's life. In doing so, George is forced to confront some uncomfortable family secrets and ugly personal truths, only to discover that the inexorable power of life's journey pulls everyone along in its wake.The Home Stretch is a beguiling, moving book about aging parents who do not "go gently," and their adult children who must reckon with their own past before helping to guide them on their way.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Home Stretch: A Father, a Son, and All the Things They Never Talk About. To get started finding The Home Stretch: A Father, a Son, and All the Things They Never Talk About, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.

Special Offer | $0.00

Special Offer! | $0.00

The Home Stretch: A Father, a Son, and All the Things They Never Talk About

The Home Stretch: A Father, a Son, and All the Things They Never Talk About

More Books

ManBug

ManBug

Random Acts of Hatred

Random Acts of Hatred

Geeks, Misfits and Outlaws: Short Fiction

Geeks, Misfits and Outlaws: Short Fiction

Best Canadian Poetry 2021

Best Canadian Poetry 2021

Lovejets: Queer Male Poets on 200 Years of Walt Whitman

Lovejets: Queer Male Poets on 200 Years of Walt Whitman

Queeries: An Anthology of Gay Male Prose

Queeries: An Anthology of Gay Male Prose

Contra/Diction: New Queer Male Fiction

Contra/Diction: New Queer Male Fiction

Don't Tell: Family Secrets

Don't Tell: Family Secrets

The Fed Anthology: Brand New Fiction and Poetry from the Federation of BC Writers

The Fed Anthology: Brand New Fiction and Poetry from the Federation of BC Writers