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Unforgettable: A Son, a Mother, and the Lessons of a Lifetime (vuoden 2015 painos)

Tekijä: Scott Simon (Tekijä)

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""I'm getting a life's lesson about grace from my mother in the ICU. We never stop learning from our mothers, do we?" UNFORGETTABLE is a son's spirited, affecting, and inspiring tribute to his remarkable mother and the love between parent and child. When NPR's Scott Simon began tweeting from his mother's hospital room in July 2013, he didn't know that his missives would soon spread well beyond his 1.2 million Twitter followers. Squeezing the magnitude of his final days with her into 140-character updates, Simon's evocative and moving meditations spread virally. Over the course of a few days, Simon chronicled his mother's death and reminisced about her life, revealing her humor and strength, and celebrating familial love. UNFORGETTABLE, expands on those famous tweets to create a memoir that is rich, deeply affecting, heart-wrenching, and exhilarating. His mother was a glamorous woman of the Mad Men-era; she worked in nightclubs, modeled, dated mobsters and movie stars, and was a brave single parent to young Scott Simon. Spending their last days together in a hospital ICU, mother and son reflect on their lifetime's worth of memories, recounting stories laced with humor and exemplifying resilience. UNFORGETTABLE is not only one man's rich and moving tribute to his mother's colorful life and graceful death, it is also a powerful portrayal of the universal bond between mother and child. "--… (lisätietoja)
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Teoksen nimi:Unforgettable: A Son, a Mother, and the Lessons of a Lifetime
Kirjailijat:Scott Simon (Tekijä)
Info:Flatiron Books (2015), Edition: First Edition, First Printing, 256 pages
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Really lovely. I had heard about Scott Simon's tweets during his mother's last days, but never got around to reading them. Now I'm glad I waited, because I wouldn't have wanted to miss out on the fuller story of her life and their relationship that he presents here. Very well done. ( )
  CaitlinMcC | Jul 11, 2021 |
This was a perfect audio book for Mother's Day month. Scott Simon reads his own account of his mother Patricia's last days in his wry, soothing, NPR voice. Such a treat! Pat, 84, went into the hospital for a blood test and never left. This sounds dramatic, but she had already battled lung cancer, had part of a lung removed and thought she was in the all-clear. She just hadn't been feeling well lately and wanted some answers. She never got them officially from her doctors, but the reality was her body giving up. I lost track of time -- but I think it was about a 2 week span that Scott sat vigil at her bedside, telling stories, jokes, reminiscing, singing songs. What a dedicated and touching relationship. Pat was by no means a "saint" -- by the accounts included here, she would be described as "colorful" euphemistically. Wife to 3 husbands, paramour of many more, but a completely dedicated mother as she raised Scott without a husband in his most formative years. She held fascinating jobs -- showgirl, shopgirl, all in the spirit of the greatest generation and the Chicago references are fun and fitting. What comes through most is the lessons she taught her son: how to take life (and death) on your own terms, valuing the people around you (including all her nurses and doctors), finding the joy in the hard times, and sticking together. He intersperses tweets he shared from the hospital room in 2013 -- which alone give an idea of what a special woman Pat was and what a special relationship they shared. I don't know if the paper copy contains pictures, but Simon painted them vividly in his description. It was an honor to be a third party witness to the situation and to receive the story Simon wanted to tell. ( )
  CarrieWuj | Oct 24, 2020 |
Simon writes as he interviews and speaks. It's easy to hear his voice in the words he writes about the most difficult task of working through the death of the ones closest to you. His mother and her acquaintances are interesting characters, and the story is personal, yet at the same time a commentary on being human and living life.
  Fashion | Sep 18, 2019 |
NPR’s weekend edition reporter Scott Simon has written a moving tribute to his mother that was inspired by his viral tweets sent from the hospital during her last days. This is a memoir with lively stories along with the sobering experience of coping with a beloved parent’s death. ( )
  St.CroixSue | Jun 27, 2015 |
Good story about NPR host growing up in Chicago as the son of a divorced mom ( )
  Suzieqkc | Jun 22, 2015 |
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""I'm getting a life's lesson about grace from my mother in the ICU. We never stop learning from our mothers, do we?" UNFORGETTABLE is a son's spirited, affecting, and inspiring tribute to his remarkable mother and the love between parent and child. When NPR's Scott Simon began tweeting from his mother's hospital room in July 2013, he didn't know that his missives would soon spread well beyond his 1.2 million Twitter followers. Squeezing the magnitude of his final days with her into 140-character updates, Simon's evocative and moving meditations spread virally. Over the course of a few days, Simon chronicled his mother's death and reminisced about her life, revealing her humor and strength, and celebrating familial love. UNFORGETTABLE, expands on those famous tweets to create a memoir that is rich, deeply affecting, heart-wrenching, and exhilarating. His mother was a glamorous woman of the Mad Men-era; she worked in nightclubs, modeled, dated mobsters and movie stars, and was a brave single parent to young Scott Simon. Spending their last days together in a hospital ICU, mother and son reflect on their lifetime's worth of memories, recounting stories laced with humor and exemplifying resilience. UNFORGETTABLE is not only one man's rich and moving tribute to his mother's colorful life and graceful death, it is also a powerful portrayal of the universal bond between mother and child. "--

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