Description
ISBN: 0689705425
Title: A Mass for the Dead
Authors: Gibson, William
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Atheneum, New York
Publication Date: 1968
Edition: First Atheneum PaperbackEdition
Book Condition: VG
Comments: Wear to covers. Bottom corner creased. Top edge lightly soiled. Writing on FFEP.
Synopsis: This is written in remembrance of Gibson’s deceased parents and in honor of their lives. In reflecting on them he in turn makes it a tribute to parenthood and a dedication to his own children. Gibson’s language is striking in its poignancy. Despite the title, this is not a religious work, but a work of love from a child to parent and from the child-become-parent to his own children. Interspersed between the reminiscences of his parents and his childhood, Gibson inserts achingly beautiful epistles to his children for their guidance about life and parenting.
