Winner of Pulitzer Prize (1987)
Phillip Carver, middle aged New Yorker, receives call from sisters in Memphis. Octogenarian father, recently widowed, plans to marry a younger woman. Phillip is torn between interfering and letting his dad live the remainder of his life as he wants.
The call brings back memories: A move from Nashville to Memphis during Great Depression - his father's disruption of romances for all four of his children - older brother dies in WWII - three surviving children remain unmarried - Phillip's move to New York and his relationship with a younger woman.
Differences in Nashville and Memphis societies - responsibilities of parents - responsibilities of children to older parents - revenge vs. forgiveness.
This is a book that should not only be read, but studied.
Sounds interesting. Ordered it.
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