{"product_id":"the-bill-from-my-father-a-memoir-9780743249638","title":"The Bill from My Father: A Memoir","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Bernard Cooper\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Simon \u0026amp; Schuster\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Simon \u0026amp; Schuster\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Memoirs\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEdward Cooper is a hard man to know.Dour and exuberant by turns, his moods dictate the always uncertain climate of the Cooper household. Balding, octogenarian, and partial to a polyester jumpsuit, Edward Cooper makes an unlikely literary muse. But to his son he looms larger than life, an overwhelming and baffling presence. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Edward's ambivalent regard for his son is the springboard from which this deeply intelligent memoir takes flight. By the time the author receives his inheritance (which includes a message his father taped to the underside of a safe deposit box), and sees the surprising epitaph inscribed on his father's headstone, \u003ci\u003eThe Bill from My Father\u003c\/i\u003e has become a penetrating meditation on both monetary and emotional indebtedness, and on the mysterious nature of memory and love.","brand":"Simon \u0026 Schuster","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45409434894487,"sku":"9780743249638","price":1485.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780743249638.webp?v=1767311420","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/the-bill-from-my-father-a-memoir-9780743249638","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}