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Dinner & A Book - Losing Mum and Pup

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Episode #909 - Losing Mum and Pup

This memoir by Christopher Buckley recounts some of the life and a great deal about the deaths of his parents, William F. Buckley, Jr. and Patricia Taylor Buckley, which occurred within 11 months of each other during 2007-2008. It is at times hilarious; moving; and cuttingly sad. But mostly it celebrates their lives and his life with both of them. In the process it gives us some really inside views of Bill Buckley and his famous wife, and adds to our understanding of the human dimensions of this "Godfather" of the right. Anyone who has parents still living, or has gone through the experience of bidding "Adieu" to one's parents, will find much to learn from and identify with in this book.

Christopher Buckley celebrates the lives of his parents, but also shares his mourning with us. He recounts with total frankness his disagreements and prickly relationships with both parents. Anyone who has buried their parents will recognize the combination of mourning, regret at not having straightened everything out, and just the sense of being truly alone. There certainly are very sad moments. Yet the author, a "humorist" by trade, has mixed in scenes of exquisite comedy that make the sadness extremely tolerable.

Original Airdate: November 07, 2009