George K. Ilsley explores his complex relationship with his aging father in this candid memoir full of sharp emotion and disarming humour. George’s father is ninety-one years old, a widower, and fiercely independent; an avid gardener, he’s sweet and more than a little eccentric. But he’s also a hoarder who makes embarrassing comments and invitations to women, and he has made no plans whatsoever for what is inevitably coming over the horizon.
Decades after George has moved four time zones away, he begins to make regular trips home to help care for his cranky and uncooperative father, and to sift through the hoarded fragments of his father’s life. In doing so, George is forced to confront some uncomfortable family secrets and ugly personal truths, only to discover that the inexorable power of life’s journey pulls everyone along in its wake.
The Home Stretch is a beguiling, moving book about aging parents who do not “go gently,” and their adult children who must reckon with their own past before helping to guide them on their way.
| Publisher | Arsenal Pulp Press |
| Author | George K. Ilsley |
| Country | Canada |
| Publication Date | 10/03/2021 |
| Pages | 230 |
| Edition | first |
| Size | 14.53 x 2.34 x 21.67 cm |
| About the Author | George K. Ilsley is the author of the memoir The Home Stretch: A Father, a Son, and All the Things They Never Talk About, the story collection Random Acts of Hatred, and the novel ManBug. His stories have also appeared in numerous anthologies and magazines. Selected as a writer in residence at Berton House Writers Retreat in Dawson City, George has won the Lush Triumphant Literary Award for creative non-fiction and for fiction. Originally from Nova Scotia, he now lives in Vancouver. |
| Publisher Address | info@arsenalpulp.com |
| ISBN | Paperback : 9781551527956, |
