Description
When George Hodgman leaves Manhattan for his hometown of Paris, Missouri, he finds himself in a head-on collision with his ageing mother, Betty, a woman of wit and will. Will George lure her into assisted living? He can't bring himself to force her from her home - the scene of shared jokes, skirmishes, and behind the dusty antiques, a rarely acknowledged conflict: Betty, who speaks her mind but cannot reveal her heart, has never accepted that her son is gay. An indelible portrait of a family and an exquisitely told tale of a prodigal son's return.