Author： George Hodgman

Publisher： Viking

When George Hodgman leaves Manhattan for his hometown of Paris， Missouri， he finds himself—an unlikely caretaker and near-lethal cook—in a head-on collision with his aging mother， Betty， a woman of wit and will. Will George lure her into assisted living？ When hell freezes over. He can’t bring himself to force her from the home both treasure—the place where his father’s voice lingers， the scene of shared jokes， skirmishes， and， behind the dusty antiques， a rarely acknowledged conflict： Betty， who speaks her mind but cannot quite reveal her heart， has never really accepted the fact that her son is gay.

As these two unforgettable characters try to bring their different worlds together， Hodgman reveals the challenges of Betty’s life and his own struggle for self-respect， moving readers from their small town—crumbling but still colorful—to the star-studded corridors of Vanity Fair. Evocative of The End of Your Life Book Club and The Tender Bar， Hodgman’s New York Times bestselling debut is both an indelible portrait of a family and an exquisitely told tale of a prodigal son’s return.

George Hodgman從曼哈頓回到家鄉(xiāng)之后，他發(fā)現(xiàn)自己很難同母親相處，不常袒露心聲的母親也無法真正接受兒子是同性戀的事實。Hodgman的到來揭露了Betty生活中面臨的挑戰(zhàn)，而他自己也在為爭取受人尊敬而做著斗爭，在不斷的沖突中，兩個人相互磨合。這本書不僅是對家庭生活進行了細(xì)致入微的描寫，而且也講述了一個浪子回頭金不換的故事。