{"product_id":"9798897102976","title":"My Father's Son: A Memoir","description":"\u003ctable\u003e\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor\/Contributor(s):\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003ePlimpton, Taylor\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePegasus Books\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDate:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e3\/2\/2027\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBinding:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003eHardcover\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003eNEW\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e\u003cb\u003eA humorous and heart-wrenching exploration of the author's relationship with his father, George Plimpton, who remains one of the most beloved figures in American letters.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eMy Father’s Son,\u003c\/i\u003e lauded memoirist and acclaimed essayist Taylor Plimpton examines the whirlwind of coming-of-age with deftness, heart, and a warm wit. After all, most of us, particularly those with a parent who casts a long shadow, go through a meat grinder as we set out to make our own ways in the world. But what is it like when your dad’s shadow is especially long? In Taylor’s case: a bestselling author, curator of one of the world’s great cultural institutions, an actor in several Oscar-winning films, a television pitch man, the subject of a book and a film, and maybe the closest person we have to a real-life Forrest Gump. How can he carve out his own existence with the crushing weight of all that hanging over him? And how on earth is he supposed to write a book about his father when George Plimpton was a great literary master himself?\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eMy Father's Son \u003c\/i\u003edelves into the core of the love and struggle inherent in the parent-child connection. Filled with glimpses of the author’s own unusual life—from his childhood days of playing football with literary greats like Peter Matthiessen and James Salter and tennis with a U.S. president to an adulthood that has included shooting his father’s ashes up into the sky in a fireworks show—Plimpton embarks on an investigation that is both intimate and universal: that of fathers and sons.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e With relentless honesty and insight, Taylor puts under a microscope not just his relationship with his famous father and his fiercely beautiful mother, but also his son, Ollie, a spirited young soul with the same delight in his eyes as the grandfather he never had a chance to meet. Taylor also finds some clarity around more acute questions: How can he himself show up as a parent even though his own parents were often absent? And how can he become a good father knowing that his own father sometimes just wasn’t?\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e George Plimpton would have turned 100 on March 18th, 2027, and \u003ci\u003eMy Father's Son \u003c\/i\u003eis an opportunity to celebrate one of the most extraordinary cultural icons in memory. Penned with deep love and yes, even a certain sense of awe, Plimpton's narrative is a celebration of George not just as a cultural lodestone, but as a father and a man. What is it to be a good parent? And perhaps most crucially, can you somehow become a better parent to your child than your parents were to you?","brand":"Pegasus Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48688226140415,"sku":"9798897102976","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0452\/0886\/2873\/files\/9798897102976_s600x595.jpg?v=1781545228","url":"https:\/\/massivebookshop.com\/de\/products\/9798897102976","provider":"MASSIVE BOOKSHOP","version":"1.0","type":"link"}