Between Them: Remembering My Parents
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| Rating | : | 4.29 (920 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B06XDG2MCS |
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| Number of Pages | : | 271 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-05-23 |
| Language | : | English |
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Bringing his celebrated candor, wit, and intelligence to this most intimate and mysterious of landscapes - our parents' lives - the award-winning storyteller and creator of the iconic Frank Bascombe delivers an unforgettable exploration of memory, intimacy, and love.. From American master Richard Ford, a memoir: his first work of nonfiction, a stirring narrative of memory and parental love. For Ford, the questions of what his parents dreamed of, how they loved each other and loved him become a striking portrait of American life in the midcentury. Eventually they had one child, born late, in 1944. Between Them is his vivid image of where his life began and where his parents' lives found their greatest satisfaction. How is it that we come to consider our parents as people with rich and intense lives that include but also exclude us? Richard Ford's parents - Edna, a feisty, pretty Catholic-school girl with a difficult past; and Parker, a sweet-natured, soft-spoken traveling salesman - were rural Arkansans born at the turn of the 20th century. Married in 1928, they lived "alone together" on the road, traveling throughout the South
"Richard Ford is one of America’s great writers. He has a way of answering the" according to FromBriefsToBooks. Richard Ford is one of America’s great writers. He has a way of answering the question “what is the meaning of life?” in the most direct way possible–by writing about living. “Between Them” is two separate memoirs, one of his mother and one of his father, written Richard Ford is one of America’s great writers. He has a way of answering the Richard Ford is one of America’s great writers. He has a way of answering the question “what is the meaning of life?” in the most direct way possible–by writing about living. “Between Them” is two separate memoirs, one of his mother and one of his father, written 30 years apart. In the memoirs, Ford describes the seeming unextraordinary lives of his parents, which at first blush seems to be a self-indulgent exercise but upon further reflection depicts the fairly extraordinary routine of living.Both of Ford’s pa. 0 years apart. In the memoirs, Ford describes the seeming unextraordinary lives of his parents, which at first blush seems to be a self-indulgent exercise but upon further reflection depicts the fairly extraordinary routine of living.Both of Ford’s pa. Macaw Lady said Beautiful. Just what you'd expect from Richard Ford ( one of my favorite authors). A clear-eyed memoir that is never sentimental but brims with love. Few other authors write with such precision and such scrupulous honesty.. their faults and what they could have done better. This is a story about who they were carilynp Richard Ford wrote two memoirs written three decades apart, telling the stories of each of his parents, who have both passed away. The book is BETWEEN THEM. The observation of his parents offers a unique perspective, of course he is their son, and as their only child, had a front seat view to their lives, but this is not a typical tell-all of their frailties, their faults and what they could have done better. This is a story about who they were together, perhaps what they could have been, their love for each other despite what their backgrounds did not