{"product_id":"9780875651538","title":"Oedipus Road: Searching for a Father in a Mother's Fading Memory","description":"\u003cp\u003eOn March 30, 1992, Tom Dodge lost his stepfather and inherited the duty of caring for his mother, a woman he confesses he never got to know. Suddenly he was confronted with the extent to which she had slipped into the fog of Alzheimer’s.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDuring his childhood, Dodge was never allowed to bring up the topic of his birth, but his mind whirled with questions: Who was my real father? Where was he? Who am I? Now, even if he summoned the courage to ask for the truth, would she be able to tell him?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis memoir, interweaving the twin themes of adult responsiblity for a parent suffering from Alzheimer’s and the search for a birth parent, is a painful account, raw with emotion, of an alienated adolescence. But it is also a nostalgic look back at life in small-town Texas in the 1940s and 1950s, a life where young boys frolicked in the swimming hole and worked in the family garden. \u003ci\u003eOedipus Road\u003c\/i\u003e is a timeless and timely, funny and heart-breaking, evocative account of one man’s journey down the road of self-discovery.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Texas Christian University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47032194236656,"sku":"9780875651538","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780875651538_p0.jpg?v=1763844576","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780875651538","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}