Losing Mum and Pup: A Memoir Audiobook (Free)

In a year between 2007 and 2008, Christopher Buckley coped using the passing of his father, William F. Buckley, the father of the present day conservative motion, and his mom, Patricia Taylor Buckley, one of New York’s most glamorous and vibrant socialites. He was their just child and their relationship was close and challenging. Creates Buckley: ‘They were not – regarding almost every other set of adoring, wonderful parents in the world – your usual mom and dad.’

As Buckley about Losing Mum and Pup: A Memoir tells the storyplot of their last year jointly, he takes listners on the surprisingly engaging tour through clinics, funeral homes, and memorial providers, taking the heartbreaking and disorienting feeling of becoming a 55-year-old orphan. Buckley maintains his sense of humor by recalling what of Oscar Wilde: ‘To shed one parent could be seen as a misfortune. To reduce both looks like carelessness.’

Just as Calvin Trillin and Joan Didion provided solace and insight into the experience of dropping a spouse, Christopher Buckley presents consolation, wit, and warmness to those coping with the loss of life of a mother or father, while telling a unique personal story of life with legends.