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Feb 07, 2017TheresaAJ rated this title 3 out of 5 stars
When George Hodgman returns home for his mother's 91st birthday, he realizes that she can no longer manage life on her own. As George descends into what he calls "Bettyville", he struggles to care for her while trying to lure her into assisted living at Tiger Place. As the parenting role slowly reverses between mother and son, the reader is drawn into several journeys -- Betty's life as it parallels the decline of small town America, George's life who couldn't wait to escape a small Missouri town because he was always different, and the lives of ancestors who built an America that is rapidly fading away. Any reader who helps take care of an aging relative will recognize the tears and humor involved in George's situations and predicaments with his mother.