Now in the twilight of life,
a man who has occupied many colorful lives--sportswriter, father,
husband, ex-husband, friend, real estate agent--Bascombe finds himself
in the most sorrowing role of all: caregiver to his son, Paul, diagnosed
with ALS. On a shared winter odyssey to Mount Rushmore, Frank, in
typical Bascombe fashion, faces down the mortality that is assured each
of us, and in doing so confronts what happiness might signify at the end
of days.
In this memorable novel, Richard Ford puts on displays
the prose, wit, and intelligence that make him one of our most acclaimed
living writers. Be Mine is a profound, funny, poignant love letter to our beleaguered world."
From a medical point of view, this book is a picture of a family dealing with ALS. Bascom finds himself as care giver to his son. Most of the book takes place at the Mayo Clinic and there are many memorable scenes in and around Rochester, MN.. Ford, I believe, was a patient there when he was being treated for prostate cancer. I thoroughly enjoyed this book and learned a bit about care giving from it.