"In 1999 Larry McMurtry, whose wanderlust had been previously restricted to the roads of America, set off for a trip to the paradise of Tahiti and the South Sea Islands in an old-fashioned tub of a cruise boat, at a time when his mother was slipping toward a paradise of her own. Opening up to h...

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Main Author:	McMurtry, Larry 1936-2021 (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York [u.a.] Simon & Schuster 2001
Subjects:	McMurtry family McMurtry, Larry > Family McMurtry, Larry > Homes and haunts > Texas, West McMurtry, Larry > Travel > Oceania Geschichte 1900-2000 Alltag, Brauchtum Families > Texas, West Novelists, American > 20th century > Biography Oceania > Description and travel Texas > Intellectual life > 20th century Texas, West > Social life and customs Biografie
Summary:	"In 1999 Larry McMurtry, whose wanderlust had been previously restricted to the roads of America, set off for a trip to the paradise of Tahiti and the South Sea Islands in an old-fashioned tub of a cruise boat, at a time when his mother was slipping toward a paradise of her own. Opening up to her son in her final days, his mother makes a stunning revelation of a previous marriage and sends McMurtry on a journey of an entirely different kind." "McMurtry paints a portrait of his parents' marriage against the harsh, violent landscape of west Texas. It is their roots - laced with overtones of hard work, bitter disappointment, and the Puritan ethic - that McMurtry challenges by traveling to Tahiti, a land of lush sensuality and easy living. With fascinating detail, shrewd observations, humorous pathos, and unforgettable characters, he begins to answer some of the questions of what paradise is, whether it exists, and how different it is from life in his hometown of Archer City, Texas."--BOOK JACKET.
Physical Description:	159 S. Ill., Kt.
ISBN:	0743215656