Them: A Memoir of Parents, (Paperback)

from TheAmpersand

Lots of people can, and do, claim an interesting ancestor or two, but I don't know if anyone can claim as many notable forebears as Francine du Plessix Gray, whose family tree contains a dancing master, an intrepid, continent-crossing traveler, a fighter in the French resistance, a notable fashio...

from Marse

Parents: the bane and the love of our lives. For everyone there comes a time when you realize with disgust that your parents are not as honest, wise or all-powerful as you once upon a time thought, and then a time when you realize with forgiveness and understanding that your parents are entirely ...

from bstander

Devestating portrait of a pair of dazzling, self-involved Russian emigres, and the worlds they lost and won--and lost again. Deserves every prize it won.

from bstander

Devestating portrait of a pair of dazzling, self-involved Russian emigres, and the worlds they lost and won--and lost again. Deserves every prize it won.