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001 2005044503
003 DLC
005 20081027072156.0
008 050818s2006 nyu 000 0aeng
010 $a 2005044503
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020 $a9780743249621
035 $a(OCoLC)ocm61362171
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050 00 $aPS3553.O5798$bZ4625 2006
082 00 $a813/.54$aB$222
100 1 $aCooper, Bernard,$d1951-
245 14 $aThe bill from my father :$ba memoir /$cBernard Cooper.
260 $aNew York :$bSimon & Schuster,$cc2006.
300 $aviii, 240 p. ;$c23 cm.
520 $aA contemporary account of growing up and coming to terms with a bewildering father. Dour and exuberant by turns, Edward Cooper's moods dictated the always uncertain climate of the household. As the book begins, Bernard and his father are the last remaining members of the family that once included his mother and three older brothers. Now retired and living in a run-down trailer, Edward Cooper had once been a celebrated divorce attorney. An expert at "the dissolution of human relationships," the elder Cooper is slowly succumbing to dementia. As the author attempts to forge a coherent picture of the family history, he discovers some peculiar documents involving lawsuits against other family members, and recalls an itemized bill his father once sent him for the cost of his upbringing. By the time the author receives his inheritance, the book has become a meditation on both monetary and emotional indebtedness, and on the mysterious nature of memory and love.--From publisher description.
600 10 $aCooper, Bernard,$d1951-$xFamily.
600 10 $aCooper, Bernard,$d1951-$xChildhood and youth.
650 0 $aAuthors, American$y20th century$xFamily relationships.
650 0 $aAuthors, American$y20th century$vBiography.
650 0 $aGay men$zUnited States$vBiography.
650 0 $aFathers and sons$zUnited States.
856 42 $3Publisher description$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0631/2005044503-d.html
856 41 $3Sample text$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0641/2005044503-s.html
856 42 $3Contributor biographical information$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0901/2005044503-b.html