Oedipus Road: Searching for a Father in a Mother's Fading Memory de Tom Dodge - 1996-04-01

Texas Christian University Press. Used - Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Texas Christian University Press, 1996-04-01. paperback. Good. 5x0x8.

Texas Christian University Press, 1996. Paperback. Very Good. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Texas Christian University Press, 1996. Paperback. Good. Disclaimer:A copy that has been read, but remains in clean condition. All pages are intact, and the cover is intact. The spine may show signs of wear. Pages can include limited notes and highlighting, and the copy can include previous owner inscriptions. At ThriftBooks, our motto is: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Fort Worth, TX, U.S.A.: Texas Christian University Press, 1996. BC5 - A trade paperback withdrawn ex-library book in very good- condition. A tight, clean, sound copy in color wraps with very minor overall shelf wear plus there are the usual library labels, stamps, marks and pocket on the spine, title page, and inside surface of the back cover. A memoir about the author's bittersweet boyhood and lifelong search for a father. Chronology, 214p.. Trade Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket as Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library.

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Texas Christian Univ Pr, 1996. Paperback. New. 212 pages. 9.00x5.75x0.75 inches.

Paperback / softback. New. On March 30, 1992, Tom Dodge lost his stepfather and inherited the duty of caring for his mother, a woman he confesses he never got to know. Suddenly he was confronted with the extent to which she had slipped into the fog of Alzheimer's. During his childhood, Dodge was never allowed to bring up the topic of his birth, but his mind whirled with questions: Who was my real father? Where was he? Who am I? Now, even if he summoned the courage to ask for the truth, would she be able to tell him? This memoir, interweaving the twin themes of adult responsiblity for a parent suffering from Alzheimer's and the search for a birth parent, is a painful account, raw with emotion, of an alienated adolescence. But it is also a nostalgic look back at life in small-town Texas in the 1940s and 1950s, a life where young boys frolicked in the swimming hole and worked in the family garden. Oedipus Road is a timeless and timely, funny and heart-breaking, evocative account of one… Leer más

Texas Christian Univ Pr, 1996. Paperback. New. 212 pages. 9.00x5.75x0.75 inches.

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