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I love his novels so I thought I would read this memoir of his difficult relationship with his mother. Just as interesting a read as any of his fiction, he talks about the economic history of his hometown of Gloversville, New York and how his mother, who had divorced his father, struggled to make ends meet for her and her son. She was emotionally dependent on Richard her entire life, rigid and demanding, and after her death, some reading suggested to Richard that she may have suffered from obses
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