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Title: Assisted Loving: True Tales of Double Dating with My Dad
ISBN: 0061374121
Author:
Bob Morris
Publicate Date: 2008-06-01
Publish: 2008-06-01
List Price: $24.95
Average Customer Rating: 4.5
Format: Hardcover
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1: Could not put this book down
Absolutely entertaining, witty and poignant. I work in the elder care field and was delighted by this account of an elderly gentleman's search for romance and yes nooky. Bob Morris tells the story of his father's romantic quests with humor and empathy. A must read for anyone with a single elderly parent or anyone who has hope for a geriatric dating life!
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2: A Unique Father and Son Story
Morris, Bob. "Assisted Loving: True Tales of Double Dating with my Dad", Harper, 2008.
A Unique Father and Son Story
Amos Lassen
The name Bob Morris may be familiar to you as he frequently writes for "The New York Times" Sunday styles section and is a commentator on NPR. He has also written two picture books, one for children and the other for adults who do not like to read. But more than that, he is the author of "Assisted Loving" a delightful new book from Harper's. It is blend of humor and social commentary which shows both the grief at the death of his mother and the new found social life of his father, Joe.
Joe has no concept of social graces and his humor is racy. His hero is Dinah Shore (stumps me too). At 79 years old he is a former New York judge for the state department of motor vehicles. Bob, his son, is a gay journalist who is quite lonely and has been thrust into the position of senior advisor and chaperone to his dad's girlfriends. Among the women that Joe sees are Gracie who is extremely serviceable, Rita who is a bit on the loony side, lovely Edie, Ann who lives on low carbs and Roz who is brilliant.
Bob hopes that his father will find a patient woman so that he can about his life but soon discovers that for either of them finding a mate is no easy job. Bob even begins to wonder if he is pimping foe his fad. Bob's own life is frustrating to him especially since he is a middle-aged gay man (tell me about it). His father encourages him not to give up and the memoir soon becomes a love story about two men that teaches us a good deal about the gift and receipt of affection.
Bob has never had a successful relationship and he also realizes that if his father is happy, he will not be lonely and therefore Bob can have some peace and be left alone to live his own life.
As the two men interact they learn a great deal about each other and they are often both surprised at how much they care for one another. Reading this book is the same as having a good time and the book says a lot about love, pain and disappointment and frustration. We learn that love does not have to be perfect and that there are times when "good love" is good enough. The book not only opens the closet door on gay love but on senior love as well.
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3: Aww... Or should I sai "Oi"?
Cute, adorable, loveable, a great story (like eating good ice cream), with an impeccable title and chapter headings. Everyone with a senior parent (or who, like me, lost her parents early and wishes they were still around to annoy her) must read this (often) hilarious, (often) touching book. I could go on and on about its merits, but I think you get the picture. Message for BOB and IRA: Mazel Tov on your adorable menage a deux and your gayby. Also: MAKE SURE SPIELBERG SEES IT! Casting: Bob - Jason Segel from Forgetting Sarah Marshall or Richard Gere; Joseph -(unfortunately, Rodney Dangerfield is gone) but how about Don Rickles? Ira - (also, either Segel or Gere...Segel might need a little silvering of the hair). Also, I have to say, Will Ferrell would make a cute Bob; anybody funny, sweet, and able to appear beleaguered at the drop of a tuna fish sandwich.
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4: Charming, sensitive, tender, moving
What a fun book!! I loved reading the story of a man's relationship with his father. It's all about love--and pain, and disappointment, and frustration, and everything. Finding love, good, not perfect love is what this book is all about. It's also about hope and never giving up trying to find the "right one." This book will linger in my mind for a good long time.
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5: Assisted Loving
I heard Bob Morris being interviewed on NPR and immediately bought this book. It's an interesting and true story which must have been fun to live through.
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