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PublisherHawthorne Books & Literary Arts, Incorpoarted
ISBN-100986000795
ISBN-139780986000799
eBay Product ID (ePID)168608740
Product Key Features
Book TitleEnd of Eve : a Memoir
Number of Pages234 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicWomen, Parenting / Parent & Adult Child, Life Stages / Later Years, Personal Memoirs, Parenting / Motherhood
Publication Year2014
GenreFamily & Relationships, Biography & Autobiography
AuthorAriel Gore
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.5 in
Item Weight11.6 Oz
Item Length9 in
Item Width5.5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN2013-017604
TitleLeadingThe
Reviews"The depth of insight of The End of Eve often took my breath away. Not to mention its drop-dead humor, the sadness, and the rage. Ariel Gore's memoir is in its essence a how to book. In the face of death, our grief, how to breathe, how to be brave, how to be funny, how to be authentic. How to make it through. But most of all: tenderness -- how Ariel puts human tenderness on the page is an act of poetry damn close to sublime." -- Tom Spanbauer , In The City of Shy Hunters "Ariel Gore has changed my mind twice before, on motherhood and happiness-- now she's stunned me thrice. This is the story of the world's most startlingly insane, beautiful mother who was supposed to die in one year-- but nearly killed her entire family and staff before she was through. You'll laugh, you'll cry, you'll need a bucket. Don't die-- or surrender!-- before you read her tale." -- Susie Bright , Mommy's Little Girl: Susie Bright on Sex, Motherhood, Pornography, and Cherry Pi, "Ariel Gore has changed my mind twice before, on motherhood and happiness-- now she's stunned me thrice. This is the story of the world's most startlingly insane, beautiful mother who was supposed to die in one year-- but nearly killed her entire family and staff before she was through. You'll laugh, you'll cry, you'll need a bucket. Don't die-- or surrender!-- before you read her tale." -- Susie Bright , Mommy's Little Girl: Susie Bright on Sex, Motherhood, Pornography, and Cherry Pi "Dorothy Parker famously said "there are no happy endings," but Ariel Gore's sweet, tough, elegant account of her mother's last days is absurdly happy--if happy means inhabiting life in all its mess, distress, beauty and occasional hilarity. A near-perfect gem." Karen Karbo Julia Child Rules: Lessons on Savoring Life "The depth of insight of The End of Eve often took my breath away. Not to mention its drop-dead humor, the sadness, and the rage. Ariel Gore's memoir is in its essence a how to book. In the face of death, our grief, how to breathe, how to be brave, how to be funny, how to be authentic. How to make it through. But most of all: tenderness -- how Ariel puts human tenderness on the page is an act of poetry damn close to sublime." -- Tom Spanbauer , In The City of Shy Hunters, "Ariel Gore has changed my mind twice before, on motherhood and happiness-- now she's stunned me thrice. This is the story of the world's most startlingly insane, beautiful mother who was supposed to die in one year-- but nearly killed her entire family and staff before she was through. You'll laugh, you'll cry, you'll need a bucket. Don't die-- or surrender!-- before you read her tale." -- Susie Bright , Mommy's Little Girl: Susie Bright on Sex, Motherhood, Pornography, and Cherry Pi "Dorothy Parker famously said 'there are no happy endings,' but Ariel Gore's sweet, tough, elegant account of her mother's last days is absurdly happy--if happy means inhabiting life in all its mess, distress, beauty and occasional hilarity. A near-perfect gem." -- Karen Karbo , Julia Child Rules: Lessons on Savoring Life "The depth of insight of The End of Eve often took my breath away. Not to mention its drop-dead humor, the sadness, and the rage. Ariel Gore's memoir is in its essence a how to book. In the face of death, our grief, how to breathe, how to be brave, how to be funny, how to be authentic. How to make it through. But most of all: tenderness -- how Ariel puts human tenderness on the page is an act of poetry damn close to sublime." -- Tom Spanbauer , In The City of Shy Hunters
SynopsisAt age 39, Ariel Gore has everything she's always wanted: a successful writing career, a long-term partnership, a beautiful if tiny home, a daughter in college and a son in preschool. But life's happy endings don't always last. If it's not one thing, after all, it's your mother. Her name is Eve. Her epic temper tantrums have already gotten her banned from three cab companies in Portland. And she's here to announce that she's dying. "Pitifully, Ariel," she sighs. "You're all I have." Ariel doesn't want to take care of her crazy dying mother, but she knows she will. It's the right thing to do, isn't it? And, anyway, how long could it go on? "Don't worry," Eve says. "If I'm ever a burden, I'll just blow my brains out." Amidst the chaos of clowns and hospice workers, pie and too much whiskey, Ariel's own ten-year relationship begins to unravel. Darkly humorous and intimately human, The End of Eve redefines the meaning of family and everything we've ever been taught to call "love."
LC Classification NumberHQ755.86.G67 2014
