{"product_id":"my-fathers-son-taylor-plimpton-9798897102976","title":"My Father's Son: A Memoir","description":"\u003cb\u003eA humorous and big-hearted 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 \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eMy Father's Son, \u003c\/i\u003e lauded memoirist Taylor Plimpton examines the whirlwind of coming-of-age with style, wit, and warmth. It's not always so simple growing up in the shadow of a parent--perhaps especially when that parent happens to be a bestselling author, curator of one of the world's great cultural institutions, an actor in several Oscar-winning films, and maybe the closest person we ever had to a real-life Forrest Gump: How can a son find his own place in the world with all that hanging over him? And perhaps even more relevant, how on earth is he supposed to write a book about a father who was a great literary master himself? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Fearlessly, \u003ci\u003eMy Father's Son\u003c\/i\u003e cuts straight to the very center of the great love--and great struggle--inherent in every parent-child relationship. Along the way, Taylor offers glimpses into his own unusual life--from his childhood days of playing football with literary greats like Peter Matthiessen and James Salter to an adulthood that has included shooting his father's ashes into the sky in a fireworks show--creating a prismatic narrative that still manages to capture the intimate yet universal theme of fathers and sons. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e With refreshing honesty and keen insight, Taylor investigates 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. And now that he's become a dad himself, the author is forced to grapple with more acute questions: How can he himself show up as a parent when his own parents were often absent? Can he become a good father even though his own father sometimes just wasn't? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e George Plimpton would have turned 100 on March 18th, 2027. Penned with deep love and yes, even a certain sense of awe, Plimpton's narrative is a celebration of one of the most extraordinary cultural icons in memory--though not only as a celebrity and literary figure, but as a father, and as a man. In this way, it offers a profoundly personal interrogation of essential matters all mothers and fathers inevitably wrestle with: 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?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Taylor Plimpton\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798897102976\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Pegasus Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/02\/2027\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 384\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover","brand":"Taylor Plimpton","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48997865226495,"sku":"9798897102976","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/my-fathers-son-taylor-plimpton-9798897102976","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}