{"product_id":"how-to-forget-a-daughters-memoir","title":"How to Forget: A Daughter's Memoir","description":"“This is a masterfully crafted memoir, an elegant tour de\nforce that firmly establishes Mulgrew as a writer of significant literary\nendowment. The soulmate to Frank McCourt’s Angela’s Ashes, How to Forget, despite the promise of its title, cannot be\nforgotten or ignored.” —Augusten Burroughs, author of Running with Scissors and Toil\n\u0026amp; Trouble\nIn this profoundly honest and examined memoir about returning to Iowa to care for her ailing parents, the star of Orange Is the New Black and bestselling author of Born with Teeth takes us on an unexpected journey of loss, betrayal, and the transcendent nature of a daughter’s love for her parents.\nThey say you can’t go home again. But when her father is diagnosed with aggressive lung cancer and her mother with atypical Alzheimer’s, New York-based actress Kate Mulgrew returns to her hometown in Iowa to spend time with her parents and care for them in the time they have left.\nThe months Kate spends with her parents in Dubuque—by turns turbulent, tragic, and joyful—lead her to reflect on each of their lives and how they shaped her own. Those ruminations are transformed when, in the wake of their deaths, Kate uncovers long-kept secrets that challenge her understanding of the unconventional Irish Catholic household in which she was raised.\nBreathtaking and powerful, laced with the author’s irreverent wit, How to Forget is a considered portrait of a mother and a father, an emotionally powerful memoir that demonstrates how love fuses children and parents, and an honest examination of family, memory, and indelible loss.\u003cbr\u003eASIN: 0062846817\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: DBV.0062846817.G\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Good\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Mulgrew, Kate\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: Gently used with minimal wear on the corners and cover. A few pages may contain light highlighting or writing, but the text remains fully legible. Dust jacket may be missing, and supplemental materials like CDs or codes may not be included. May be ex-library with library markings. Ships promptly!  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Dream Books Co.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41730038759482,"sku":"DBV.0062846817.G","price":8.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/6011\/0138\/files\/0062846817-0.jpg?v=1791430802","url":"https:\/\/shop.dreambooksco.com\/products\/how-to-forget-a-daughters-memoir","provider":"Dream Books Co.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}