false 29738 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1168046347m/29738.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1168046347s/29738.jpg Patrimony, a true story, touches the emotions as strongly as anything Philip Roth has ever written. Roth watches as his eighty-six-year-old father—famous for his vigor, charm, and his repertoire of Newark recollections—battles with the brain tumor that will kill him. The son, full of love, anxiety, and dread, accompanies his father through each fearful stage of his final ordeal, and, as he does so, discloses the survivalist tenacity that has distinguished his father's long, stubborn engagement with life.]]> 29738 14 2183582 book 1991 Patrimony : A True Story total:356|5:109|4:141|3:85|2:17|1:4| 356 1402 499 30 463 3.68 41905 4830 41142558 1839360 29738 0679752935 9780679752936 29 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1168046347m/29738.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1168046347s/29738.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/29738.Patrimony_A_True_Story 3.94 339 Patrimony, a true story, touches the emotions as strongly as anything Philip Roth has ever written. Roth watches as his eighty-six-year-old father—famous for his vigor, charm, and his repertoire of Newark recollections—battles with the brain tumor that will kill him. The son, full of love, anxiety, and dread, accompanies his father through each fearful stage of his final ordeal, and, as he does so, discloses the survivalist tenacity that has distinguished his father's long, stubborn engagement with life.]]> 1991 5 0 false Sun Dec 28 20:06:18 -0800 2008 Tue Dec 30 19:19:06 -0800 2008 I thought I couldn't have asked anything more for myself before he died - this, too, was right and as it should be. You clean up your father's shit because it has to be cleaned up... why this was right and as it should be couldn't have been plainer to me, now that the job was done. So that was the p...more...]]> 70851272 2549472 29738 0679752935 9780679752936 29 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1168046347m/29738.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1168046347s/29738.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/29738.Patrimony_A_True_Story 3.94 356 Patrimony, a true story, touches the emotions as strongly as anything Philip Roth has ever written. Roth watches as his eighty-six-year-old father—famous for his vigor, charm, and his repertoire of Newark recollections—battles with the brain tumor that will kill him. The son, full of love, anxiety, and dread, accompanies his father through each fearful stage of his final ordeal, and, as he does so, discloses the survivalist tenacity that has distinguished his father's long, stubborn engagement with life.]]> 1991 5 0 true Sat Sep 12 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Sep 11 10:09:39 -0700 2009 Sat Sep 12 15:01:18 -0700 2009 1 more...]]> 9877433 183865 29738 0679752935 9780679752936 29 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1168046347m/29738.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1168046347s/29738.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/29738.Patrimony_A_True_Story 3.94 356 Patrimony, a true story, touches the emotions as strongly as anything Philip Roth has ever written. Roth watches as his eighty-six-year-old father—famous for his vigor, charm, and his repertoire of Newark recollections—battles with the brain tumor that will kill him. The son, full of love, anxiety, and dread, accompanies his father through each fearful stage of his final ordeal, and, as he does so, discloses the survivalist tenacity that has distinguished his father's long, stubborn engagement with life.]]> 1991 3 1 false Sat Jan 05 02:37:08 -0800 2008 Mon Dec 03 08:23:00 -0800 2007 Mon Dec 03 08:25:58 -0800 2007
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The son, full of love, anxiety, and dread, accompanies his father through each fearful stage of his final ordeal, and, as he does so, discloses the survivalist tenacity that has distinguished his father's long, stubborn engagement with life.]]> 1991 4 0 false Thu Apr 24 07:47:10 -0700 2008 Sun Apr 27 13:08:32 -0700 2008 more...]]> 31355734 1467251 29738 0679752935 9780679752936 29 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1168046347m/29738.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1168046347s/29738.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/29738.Patrimony_A_True_Story 3.94 356 Patrimony, a true story, touches the emotions as strongly as anything Philip Roth has ever written. Roth watches as his eighty-six-year-old father—famous for his vigor, charm, and his repertoire of Newark recollections—battles with the brain tumor that will kill him. The son, full of love, anxiety, and dread, accompanies his father through each fearful stage of his final ordeal, and, as he does so, discloses the survivalist tenacity that has distinguished his father's long, stubborn engagement with life.]]> 1991 5 1 false Wed Aug 27 13:17:41 -0700 2008 Wed Aug 27 13:31:30 -0700 2008 more...]]> 22876324 1184249 29738 0679752935 9780679752936 29 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1168046347m/29738.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1168046347s/29738.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/29738.Patrimony_A_True_Story 3.94 356 Patrimony, a true story, touches the emotions as strongly as anything Philip Roth has ever written. Roth watches as his eighty-six-year-old father—famous for his vigor, charm, and his repertoire of Newark recollections—battles with the brain tumor that will kill him. The son, full of love, anxiety, and dread, accompanies his father through each fearful stage of his final ordeal, and, as he does so, discloses the survivalist tenacity that has distinguished his father's long, stubborn engagement with life.]]> 1991 4 1 false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Sat May 24 11:34:04 -0700 2008 Sat May 24 15:02:49 -0700 2008
My takeaway from this book: life is short, no matter how...more...]]> 38286342 165395 29738 0679752935 9780679752936 29 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1168046347m/29738.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1168046347s/29738.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/29738.Patrimony_A_True_Story 3.94 356 Patrimony, a true story, touches the emotions as strongly as anything Philip Roth has ever written. Roth watches as his eighty-six-year-old father—famous for his vigor, charm, and his repertoire of Newark recollections—battles with the brain tumor that will kill him. The son, full of love, anxiety, and dread, accompanies his father through each fearful stage of his final ordeal, and, as he does so, discloses the survivalist tenacity that has distinguished his father's long, stubborn engagement with life.]]> 1991 5 1 false Wed Dec 03 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Thu Nov 20 22:34:08 -0800 2008 Wed Dec 03 00:36:03 -0800 2008 33461762 803830 29738 0679752935 9780679752936 29 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1168046347m/29738.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1168046347s/29738.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/29738.Patrimony_A_True_Story 3.94 356 Patrimony, a true story, touches the emotions as strongly as anything Philip Roth has ever written. Roth watches as his eighty-six-year-old father—famous for his vigor, charm, and his repertoire of Newark recollections—battles with the brain tumor that will kill him. The son, full of love, anxiety, and dread, accompanies his father through each fearful stage of his final ordeal, and, as he does so, discloses the survivalist tenacity that has distinguished his father's long, stubborn engagement with life.]]> 1991 3 0 false Tue Sep 23 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Sep 21 15:49:16 -0700 2008 Fri Sep 26 16:55:01 -0700 2008 Magical Thinking. It is interesting to compare and contrast the writing styles of Roth and Didion as well as the types of anxiety and loss each had to deal with. In the end, the death of a loved one is something that physically happens to us, t...more...]]> 5946144 16873 29738 0679752935 9780679752936 29 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1168046347m/29738.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1168046347s/29738.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/29738.Patrimony_A_True_Story 3.94 356 Patrimony, a true story, touches the emotions as strongly as anything Philip Roth has ever written. Roth watches as his eighty-six-year-old father—famous for his vigor, charm, and his repertoire of Newark recollections—battles with the brain tumor that will kill him. The son, full of love, anxiety, and dread, accompanies his father through each fearful stage of his final ordeal, and, as he does so, discloses the survivalist tenacity that has distinguished his father's long, stubborn engagement with life.]]> 1991 4 0 false Mon Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sun Sep 09 11:40:26 -0700 2007 Thu Dec 17 09:45:03 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4644177 151673 29738 0679752935 9780679752936 29 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1168046347m/29738.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1168046347s/29738.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/29738.Patrimony_A_True_Story 3.94 356 Patrimony, a true story, touches the emotions as strongly as anything Philip Roth has ever written. Roth watches as his eighty-six-year-old father—famous for his vigor, charm, and his repertoire of Newark recollections—battles with the brain tumor that will kill him. The son, full of love, anxiety, and dread, accompanies his father through each fearful stage of his final ordeal, and, as he does so, discloses the survivalist tenacity that has distinguished his father's long, stubborn engagement with life.]]> 1991 3 0 false Wed Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Thu Aug 16 10:45:38 -0700 2007 Thu Dec 17 05:30:54 -0800 2009 more...]]> 29311032 1398232 29738 0679752935 9780679752936 29 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1168046347m/29738.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1168046347s/29738.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/29738.Patrimony_A_True_Story 3.94 356 Patrimony, a true story, touches the emotions as strongly as anything Philip Roth has ever written. Roth watches as his eighty-six-year-old father—famous for his vigor, charm, and his repertoire of Newark recollections—battles with the brain tumor that will kill him. The son, full of love, anxiety, and dread, accompanies his father through each fearful stage of his final ordeal, and, as he does so, discloses the survivalist tenacity that has distinguished his father's long, stubborn engagement with life.]]> 1991 5 0 false Tue Aug 05 09:06:38 -0700 2008 Tue Aug 05 09:10:10 -0700 2008 Sabbath's Theater"?) This is a memoir, and it's one of those books where there's not a word out of place. Unforgettable scenes, perfectly pitched, affecting from start to finish. I ...more...]]> 24349051 1052385 29738 0679752935 9780679752936 29 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1168046347m/29738.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1168046347s/29738.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/29738.Patrimony_A_True_Story 3.94 356 Patrimony, a true story, touches the emotions as strongly as anything Philip Roth has ever written. Roth watches as his eighty-six-year-old father—famous for his vigor, charm, and his repertoire of Newark recollections—battles with the brain tumor that will kill him. The son, full of love, anxiety, and dread, accompanies his father through each fearful stage of his final ordeal, and, as he does so, discloses the survivalist tenacity that has distinguished his father's long, stubborn engagement with life.]]> 1991 4 0 false Mon Jun 30 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Jun 12 13:58:18 -0700 2008 Mon Jun 30 08:48:59 -0700 2008 more...]]> 8 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=29738