Summary
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. Full description
- You're next
- April is the cruelest month
- She's already in heaven
- I guess we can do anything we want to
- That sounded like a fun dinner
- I don't want champagne
- Dude, what's with your Dad?
- You need to get here as quickly as you can
- We're terribly late as it is
- I miss my urine report
- You can imagine how pleased your mother was
- My old man and the sea
- If it weren't for the religious aspect
- I'd do the same for you
- Please not to arrest my dear father
- Blood of the fathers
- That would be a real bore
- Boy, how he'd have loved this
- He's looking much better
- Something I've written for the paper
- A bit much to spring on a lad with a morning head
- There's a Mr. X apparently
- Home is the sailor
- Postlude
- The hunter home from the hill.