About the book
A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK
In the fall of 1988, Sue Miller found herself caring for her father, James Nichols, once a truly vital man, as he succumbed to Alzheimer’s disease. Beginning an intensely personal journey, she recalls the bitter irony of watching this church historian wrestle with his increasingly befuddled notion of time and meaning. She details the struggles with doctors, her own choices, and the attempt to find a caring response to a disease whose special cruelty is to diminish the humanity of those it strikes. In luminous prose, Sue Miller has fashioned a compassionate inventory of two lives, a memoir destined to offer comfort to all sons and daughters struggling to make peace with their fathers and with themselves.
Editions of The Story of My Father
- Paperback
- ISBN 9780345455444
- AltFormat
- ISBN 9780375431913
- AltFormat
- ISBN 9780375414794
- EBook
- ISBN 9780307432667
- Audiobook
- ISBN 9780736690119
- AudioStreaming
- ISBN 9781415918340
- AudioStreaming
- ISBN 9781415951590
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- ISBN 9780739301920
- AudioDisc
- ISBN 9780736692915
- AudioDisc
- ISBN 9780739301913
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A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK
In the fall of 1988, Sue Miller found herself caring for her father, James Nichols, once a truly vital man, as he succumbed to Alzheimer’s disease. Beginning an intensely personal journey, she recalls the bitter irony of watching this church historian wrestle with his increasingly befuddled notion of time and meaning. She details the struggles with doctors, her own choices, and the attempt to find a caring response to a disease whose special cruelty is to diminish the humanity of those it strikes. In luminous prose, Sue Miller has fashioned a compassionate inventory of two lives, a memoir destined to offer comfort to all sons and daughters struggling to make peace with their fathers and with themselves.
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A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK
In the fall of 1988, Sue Miller found herself caring for her father, James Nichols, once a truly vital man, as he succumbed to Alzheimer’s disease. Beginning an intensely personal journey, she recalls the bitter irony of watching this church historian wrestle with his increasingly befuddled notion of time and meaning. She details the struggles with doctors, her own choices, and the attempt to find a caring response to a disease whose special cruelty is to diminish the humanity of those it strikes. In luminous prose, Sue Miller has fashioned a compassionate inventory of two lives, a memoir destined to offer comfort to all sons and daughters struggling to make peace with their fathers and with themselves.
What core themes, tropes, or subjects are explored in The Story of My Father?
Biography, Literature and Literary studies > Biography and non-fiction prose > Memoirs
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Who is/are the Author/s of the book The Story of My Father?
Sue Miller
What are the ISBN numbers for the physical and digital editions?
The Story of My Father is available as paperback(ISBN 9780345455444) and altformat(ISBN 9780375431913) and altformat(ISBN 9780375414794) and ebook(ISBN 9780307432667) and audiobook(ISBN 9780736690119) and audiostreaming(ISBN 9781415918340) and audiostreaming(ISBN 9781415951590) and audiostreaming(ISBN 9780739301920) and audiodisc(ISBN 9780736692915) and audiodisc(ISBN 9780739301913)
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