Another Way Home
A Father's Memoir
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John Thorndike
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John Thorndike met his wife, Clarisa, as a Peace Corps volunteer in El Salvador. They fell in love, married, and had a son, Janir. But soon Clarisa began a painful slide into schizophrenia, and John realized that the only way to protect Janir was to take him away from his mother.
So begins this poignant memoir of single parenthood from a father’s perspective. John must find his way through the trials of child-rearing without a partner: the long nights and all-consuming days, the loneliness and confusion. But he knows as well the delights of living with, and looking after, a son he deeply loves.
In the face of a mysterious and terrifying illness, this is also the story of a family trying to maintain some kind of togetherness. Torn between his commitment to keep Clarisa a part of Janir’s life and the threat she poses to that life, John acknowledges that he can care for his son in ways he never could for Clarisa. All who have experienced the wrench of mental illness in the family will recognize their own journey in this heartfelt story of fatherhood.
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5 out of 5 stars
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So Beautifully Written
- De Michael en 08-01-22
De: Miriam Feldman
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Before You Suffocate Your Own Fool Self
- De: Danielle Evans
- Narrado por: Daniel Deadwyler, Jeanette Illidge, Je Nie Fleming, y otros
- Duración: 6 h y 33 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 33
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 31
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 29
Striking in their emotional immediacy, the stories in Before You Suffocate Your Own Fool Self are based in a world where inequality is reality but where the insecurities of adolescence and young adulthood, and the tensions within family and the community, are sometimes the biggest complicating forces in one's sense of identity and the choices one makes.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Thought provoking
- De Amazon Customer en 01-16-25
De: Danielle Evans
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Bettyville
- De: George Hodgman
- Narrado por: Jeff Woodman
- Duración: 10 h y 57 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 371
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 332
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 332
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...
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1 out of 5 stars
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Title Should Be Georgeville-It's All About George
- De Sara en 10-08-15
De: George Hodgman
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The Time Traveler's Wife
- De: Audrey Niffenegger
- Narrado por: Fred Berman, Phoebe Strole
- Duración: 17 h y 38 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 13,915
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 10,371
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 10,390
Clare and Henry have known each other since Clare was six and Henry was 36. They were married when Clare was 23 and Henry was 31. Impossible but true, because Henry is one of the first people diagnosed with Chrono-Displacement Disorder: periodically his genetic clock resets and he finds himself misplaced in time, pulled to moments of emotional gravity from his life, past and future. His disappearances are spontaneous, his experiences unpredictable, alternately harrowing and amusing.
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5 out of 5 stars
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One of my favorite books
- De Joey en 01-13-08