Losing Mum and Pup: A Memoir

Losing Mum and Pup: A Memoir

â€œI had more or less resolved not to write a book about my parents. But Iâ€™m a writer, and when the universe hands you material like this, not writing about it amounts either to waste or a conscious act of evasion.â€

So begins award-winning satirist Christopher Buckley in the most personal and transcendent work of his life, the tragicomic true story of the year in which both of his parents died.

In twelve months between 2007 and 2008, Buckley coped with the passing of his father, William F. Buckley, the father of the modern conservative movement, and his mother, Patricia Taylor Buckley, one of New Yorkâ€™s most glamorous and colorful socialites. He was their only child and their relationship was close and complicated. Writes Buckley: â€œThey were not â€” with respect to every other set of loving, wonderful parents in the world â€” your typical mom and dad.â€

As Buckley tells the story of their final year together, he takes readers on a surprisingly entertaining tour through hospitals, funeral homes, and memorial services, capturing the heartbreaking and disorienting feeling of becoming a fifty-five-year-old orphan. Buckley maintains his sense of humor by recalling the words of Oscar Wilde: â€œTo lose one parent may be regarded as a misfortune. To lose both looks like carelessness.â€

Christopher Buckley offers consolation, wit, and warmth to those coping with the death of a parent, while telling a unique personal story of life with legends.

From the Hardcover edition.
Country USA
Manufacturer Twelve
Binding Paperback
EANs 9780446540957
ReleaseDate 0000-00-00

Country	USA
Manufacturer	Twelve
Binding	Paperback
EANs	9780446540957
ReleaseDate	0000-00-00

Losing Mum and Pup: A Memoir

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