The Resource Losing Mum and Pup : a memoir, Christopher Buckley
Losing Mum and Pup : a memoir, Christopher Buckley
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The item Losing Mum and Pup : a memoir, Christopher Buckley represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Austin Public Library.
This item is available to borrow from 2 library branches.
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- 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
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Extent
- 251 p.
- Contents
-
- 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
- Isbn
- 9780446540940
- Label
- Losing Mum and Pup : a memoir
- Title
- Losing Mum and Pup
- Title remainder
- a memoir
- Statement of responsibility
- Christopher Buckley
- Subject
-
- trueBuckley, Christopher, 1952- -- Family
- trueParent and child
- trueLife stories -- Facing adversity | Coping with death
- trueFamily relationships
- trueDeath
- trueFamily and Relationships -- Aging and Death
- trueParents -- Death | Psychological aspects
- trueAuthors, American -- 20th century -- Family relationships
- trueBuckley, William F., (William Frank), 1925-2008 -- Last years
- trueLife stories -- Facing adversity | Dealing with death
- trueBuckley, William F., (William Frank), 1925-2008 -- Death and burial
- trueAutobiographies and memoirs
- trueFamily and Relationships -- Families
- Language
- eng
- 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
- Summary
- Details how the author coped with the passing of his parents, William F. Buckley, Jr., the father of the modern conservative movement, and Patricia Taylor Buckley, one of New York's most colorful socialites, between 2007 and 2008
- Award
- New York Times Notable Book, 2009
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/bookUI
- 304529
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1952-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Buckley, Christopher
- Dewey number
-
- 813/.54
- B
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- PS3552.U3394
- LC item number
- Z46 2009
- Literary form
- non fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/resourcePreferred
- True
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Buckley, Christopher
- Authors, American
- Parents
- Buckley, William F.
- Buckley, William F.
- Target audience
- adult
- Label
- Losing Mum and Pup : a memoir, Christopher Buckley
- Contents
- 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
- Control code
- ocn263146798
- Dimensions
- 22 cm.
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Extent
- 251 p.
- Isbn
- 9780446540940
- Lccn
- 2008043532
- Other physical details
- ill.
- System control number
- (OCoLC)263146798
- Label
- Losing Mum and Pup : a memoir, Christopher Buckley
- Contents
- 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
- Control code
- ocn263146798
- Dimensions
- 22 cm.
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Extent
- 251 p.
- Isbn
- 9780446540940
- Lccn
- 2008043532
- Other physical details
- ill.
- System control number
- (OCoLC)263146798
Subject
- trueAuthors, American -- 20th century -- Family relationships
- trueAutobiographies and memoirs
- trueBuckley, Christopher, 1952- -- Family
- trueBuckley, William F., (William Frank), 1925-2008 -- Death and burial
- trueBuckley, William F., (William Frank), 1925-2008 -- Last years
- trueDeath
- trueFamily and Relationships -- Aging and Death
- trueFamily and Relationships -- Families
- trueFamily relationships
- trueLife stories -- Facing adversity | Coping with death
- trueLife stories -- Facing adversity | Dealing with death
- trueParent and child
- trueParents -- Death | Psychological aspects
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