Losing Mum and Pup: A Memoir (edit title)

Shelfari edited the description of Losing Mum and Pup: A Memoir Friday, July 31 2009.

• In twelve months between 2007 and 2008, Christopher 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 York's most glamorous and colorful socialites. He was their only child and their relationship was close and complicated. Writes Buckley: "They were not - with respect to every other set of loving, wonderful parents in the world - your typical mom and dad." 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 55-year-old orphan. Buckley maintains his sense of humor by recalling the words of Oscar Wilde: "To lose one parent may be regarded as a misfortune. To lose both looks like carelessness." Just as Calvin Trillin and Joan Didion gave readers solace and insight into the experience of losing a spouse, 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.

Shelfari edited the contributors of Losing Mum and Pup: A Memoir Tuesday, July 21 2009.

• reordered the contributors.
• 1 : Christopher Buckley:

Shelfari edited the contributors of Losing Mum and Pup: A Memoir Thursday, July 16 2009.

• Added a contributor: Christopher Buckley: (Primary Author)

Peiyu W edited the quotations of Losing Mum and Pup: A Memoir Monday, July 13 2009.

• Added a quotation: “The funny thing was that he rarely challenged her when she was in the midst of one of her glorious confections”

SparkyTheWonderDog edited the characters of Losing Mum and Pup: A Memoir Friday, July 10 2009.

• Added a character: William F. Buckley Jr.

SparkyTheWonderDog edited the characters of Losing Mum and Pup: A Memoir Friday, July 10 2009.

• Added a character: Bill Blass

SparkyTheWonderDog edited the characters of Losing Mum and Pup: A Memoir Friday, July 10 2009.

• Added a character: Henry Kissinger

SparkyTheWonderDog edited the characters of Losing Mum and Pup: A Memoir Friday, July 10 2009.

• Added a character: Christopher Buckley

SparkyTheWonderDog edited the characters of Losing Mum and Pup: A Memoir Friday, July 10 2009.

• Added a character: Nancy Reagan

SparkyTheWonderDog edited the characters of Losing Mum and Pup: A Memoir Friday, July 10 2009.

• Changed the section title: Cast of Characters/Important People
• Added a character: Julian Booth