Bobby Wonderful : An Imperfect Son Buries His Parents

His Mother's Last Word Was His Name. His Father's Was 'wonderful.' Together They Inspired The Title For This True Story Of Love And Redemption. Bob Morris Was Always The Entertainer In His Family, But Not Always A Perfect Son. When He Finds His Parents Approaching The End Of Their Lives, He Begins To See His Relationship To Them In A Whole New Light And It Changes His Way Of Thinking. How Does An Adult Child With Flaws And Limitations Figure Out How To Do His Best For His Ailing Parents While Still Carrying On And Enjoying His Own Life? And When Their Final Days On Earth Come, How Can He Give Them The Best Possible End? In The Tradition Of Bestselling Memoirs By Christopher Buckley, Joan Didion, And With A Dash Of David Sedaris, Bobby Wonderful Recounts Two Poignant Deaths And One Family's Struggle To Find The Silver Lining In Them. As Accessible As He Is Insightful, Bob Morris Infuses Each Moment Of His Profound Emotional Journey With Dark Comedy, Spiritual Inquiry And Brutally Honest Self-examination. This Is A Little Book. But It Captures A Big And Universal Experience-- Bob Morris. "His mother's last word was his name. His father's was "Wonderful." Together they inspired the title for this true story of love and redemption. Bob Morris was always the entertainer in his family, but not always a perfect son. When he finds his parents approaching the end of their lives, he begins to see his relationship to them in a whole new light and it changes his way of thinking. How does an adult child with flaws and limitations figure out how to do his best for his ailing parents while still carrying on and enjoying his own life? And when their final days on earth come, how can he give them the best possible end? In the tradition of bestselling memoirs by Christopher Buckley, Joan Didion, and with a dash of David Sedaris, BOBBY WONDERFUL recounts two poignant deaths and one family's struggle to find the silver lining in them. As accessible as he is insightful, Bob Morris infuses each moment of his profound emotional journey with dark comedy, spiritual inquiry and brutally honest self-examination. This is a little book. But it captures a big and universal experience"-- Provided by publisher His mother's last word was his name. His father's was "Wonderful." Together they inspired the title for this true story of love and redemption. Bob Morris was always the entertainer in his family, but not always a perfect son. When he finds his parents approaching the end of their lives, he begins to see his relationship to them in a whole new light and it changes his way of thinking. How does an adult child with flaws and limitations figure out how to do his best for his ailing parents while still carrying on and enjoying his own life? And when their final days on earth come, how can he give them the best possible end? In the tradition of bestselling memoirs by Christopher Buckley, Joan Didion, and with a dash of David Sedaris, BOBBY WONDERFUL recounts two poignant deaths and one family's struggle to find the silver lining in them. As accessible as he is insightful, Bob Morris infuses each moment of his profound emotional journey with dark comedy, spiritual... Biography & Autobiography / Personal Memoirs, Social Science / Death & Dying, Humor / Topic / Marriage & Family These days, baby boomers are faced with taking care of their parents as well as their children (and themselves). Sometimes siblings step in to help, as Morris finds out to his happiness and his chagrin. He is in Edinburgh on a scotch-tasting tour when his brother urges him to come back to the States right away, for their mother is dying. Morris (the titular Bobby Wonderful) heads home, but he still harbors regrets for his actions and inactions. When his father falters not long after, Morris tries harder. His memories and his often-comic escapadeswith his dad, his dad's new girlfriend, his extended family, and his spouse, Ira, lead him to realize that death is for the living, just as much as life is. Morris touchingly and winsomely shares his thoughts about being a child, about loving his parents (and them loving him), about not quite knowing what to do but doing it anyway