Mcdonell Terry - Irma The Education Of A Mother's Son - Hardcover

Binding: Hardcover
Description: A son's lessons from his single mother a twenty five year old widow who took control of her life defied expectations and raised him into a manhood of his own from the author of the acclaimed The Accidental Life. As a child Terry Mc Donell imagined epic stories about his father a fighter pilot who died in World War II. But as he discovers in this dazzling memoir the real hero in his life was his mother Irma who moved with him to California hoping for a new life and raised him through difficult times. Like most headstrong boys growing up in mid - century America Mc Donell took his mother for granted never giving her life much thought. He was bright cocky and determined to make his own way separate from her and from his complicated roots. But as he matured built a career married divorced remarried and raised his own sons Mc Donell came to see that Irma had lived her life in a way that allowed him to discover what he wanted his own life to be. The person he was would be forever tied to Irma's courage and wisdom and love. From his recollections a series of colorful deeply personal sometimes funny stunningly composed vignettes an intriguing and poignant portrait emerges. Irma is the story of a formidable woman who built the life she wanted as she raised her son to be the kind of man and father he had longed for but never knew.
Title: Irma The Education Of A Mother's Son
Author(s): Mcdonell Terry
Publisher: Harpercollins
Barcode: 9780063277977
Pages: 256 Pages
Language: English
Publication Date: 4/11/2023