This is one of the best books I read in 2006. Billy returns to see his parents when his mother suffered a heart attack. During her stay in the hospital he develops a new,unexpected relationship with his father. However,after a minor surgery his father falls into a heavy senility. Billy has to fight with incompetent and uncaring doctors and with his mother- an impossibly harsh and controlling person. What happens to our relationship with our parents when they grow old and cannot take care of themselves? What if you cannot stand your mother but have to live with her? What if your daddy suddenly wakes up from his senility and wants to start afresh? This is a book which deals with very difficult questions about love,duty,old age. It is touching without being sentimental; honest without being brutal. I think you can rarely read something on those topics. The writing goes very confidently and fluently. Highly recommended!
Here is also the cover of Bulgarian edition (the one I used):
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