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A Mother's Kisses

by Bruce Jay Friedman, Stanley Kauffmann
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Synopsis

A Mother's Kisses is the story of Joseph, a tall, scattered looking boy of seventeen and his wonderfully indomitable mother, Meg, who is resolved, in the summer after her son's high-school graduation to start arranging his life for him, even going so far as to accompany him to college. A work of roaring comedy and emotional honesty, A Mother's Kisses is a classic of modern fiction.

Library Journal

LJ's reviewer described Friedman's 1964 farce as a "hugely entertaining, insightful novel" that tells the over-the-top story of a boy's relationship with his clingy, embarrassing mother who wants to be with him even at college. This "story-to-end-all-stories about mother and son relationships" should still be great fun. (LJ 7/64) Copyright 2000 Cahners Business Information.

About the Author, Bruce Jay Friedman

Bruce Jay Friedman is the author of seven novels (including The Dick, Stern, and A Mother's Kisses), four collections of short stories, a number of plays-among them Scuba Duba and Steambath-and screenplays for the movies Splash and Stir Crazy.

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Book Details

Published
November 1, 2000
Publisher
University of Chicago Press
Format
Paperback
ISBN
9780226264165

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