From Library Journal
In this celebration of life, New York writer Latham, a novelist and author of the screenplay Urban Cowboy, relates the charming story of how his father, Clyde, found love at age 84. When his mother died after more than 50 years of marriage, Latham worried about his father's being lonely. Alone, but not lonely, Clyde renewed a childhood friendship with recently widowed Gussie (age 81) whom he had not seen in decades. The romance is set in the town of Spur, located in "a godforsaken corner of west Texas," where "some days more tumbleweeds than pickup trucks come rolling through town." However, neither the town of Spur nor his father is willing to give up on life. Even with the son's concern for his father and the problems that arose when Clyde became ill, it is, as Clyde says, "a pretty old world." A beautifully written memoir; highly recommended for all readers.?Linda L. McEwan, Elgin Community Coll., Ill.
Copyright 1997 Reed Business Information, Inc.
From Booklist
Clyde Latham was 6 foot 4, 200 pounds, and 80 years old. He was also a widower, and his son Aaron feared that loneliness would get the better of his charming dad. He need not have worried, because the sprightly Texan would soon reunite with an "uptown" widow from Sacramento whom he hadn't seen in 67 years. The result of that reunion is a tender, compelling stor
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