Having wounded his father with a devastating letter when he was twenty-three and felt somewhat responsible for his subsequent mental collapse, the author reexamines his father’s life using documents found after his death to reflect on their relationship and reach a reconciliation with a man he had not really known.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
List of Figures
Acknowledgments
Prologue: In My Father's Closet: Life, Death, and Letters
Part One: The Father I (Thought I) Knew
1. After the War: Manchester, New Hampshire 1947-1954
2. Suburban Life: Melrose 1954-1968
3. The Empty Nest: 1964 to 1973
4. McLean Patient, 1973
5. Widower: 1973-1975
6. Endnotes: A Life in Scraps, 1974-75
Part Two: Part Two: The Father I Never Knew (But Now Know)
7. Mill Town Lad: 1906-1930
8. "In Aleppo Once": Syria 1930-33
9. First Love: Rody
10. Illicit Love: Lena
11. Manly Love: Bob and the YMCA
12. Edgar: "To you, I shall return a Prodigal"
13. George Saylor: Gay Blade
14. Marriage, War, and Family
Epilogue: Grief Interrupted
