Widower's House: A Study in Bereavement or How Margot and Mella Forced Me to Flee My Home

by John Bayley

Book Overview

Here, in Widower's House: A Study in Bereavement or How Margot and Mella Forced Me to Flee My Home , Bayley tells the painful, inspirational, and ultimately uplifting story of how he had to grapple with his fate as a man by beginning life anew in his mid-seventies. Like millions of other widows and widowers, Bayley, as he relates it, found himself emotionally unprepared for the responsibilities and burdens that confront people who suddenly find themselves...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0393025616
• ISBN13: 9780393025613
• Release Date: June 2001
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.6" x 9.6"

Customer Reviews

Humorous, touching, and ultimately uplifting

Widower's House: A Study Of Bereavment, Or How Margot And Mella Forced Me To Flee My Home is a wistful memoir of wit and openness, as author John Bayley continues his comedy of errors from a fresh vantage point. Bayley recounts Margot and Mella, whom he found to be only barely tolerable before the death of his wife Iris; after, they threatened to drive him insane with unwanted comfort, consolation, and fierce competition for his time and attention. Humorous, touching, and ultimately uplifting as Bayley learns how to mourn his wife and find joy in the present, Widower's House is not to be missed. Also recommended are Baley's previous two memoirs, Elegy For Iris, and Iris And Her Friends.