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Be Mine

A Frank Bascombe Novel

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Be Mine

By: Richard Ford
Narrated by: Richard Poe
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From Pulitzer Prize winner Richard Ford: the final novel in the world of Frank Bascombe, one of the most indelible characters in American literature

Over the course of four celebrated works of fiction and almost forty years, Richard Ford has crafted an ambitious, incisive, and singular view of American life as lived. Unconstrained, astute, provocative, often laugh-out-loud funny, Frank Bascombe is once more our guide to the great American midway.

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.

©2023 Richard Ford (P)2023 HarperCollins Publishers Family Life Fiction Genre Fiction Small Town & Rural Marriage Funny
Incredible Observations • Moving Story • Perfect Narration • Well-written Journey • Humorous Elements • Thoughtful Prose
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Humor threaded through difficult subject matter. The conversation between these two characters were believable and poignant.

Contemplative novel

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How many times do I find myself listening to his profound insights? So many pages are worth reading again. This has been a wonderful reminder of what it’s like to read Richard Ford

A masterpiece

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Good book. Not romanticized, but not all bleak either. A sometimes too long meander on life & death by father truing to inject some distracting happiness into his son’s last months.

Father’s honesty & desire to help his son; son’s brittle, sardonic & determined courage

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Richard Ford answers his Son’s question of what Good is by stating that his belief is that the Good is in the details and he demonstrates that faith by providing us with all the details.

Ford’s Gift is that he lets us see his World through all the minutia his Life can hold. In Be Mine he invites us along on a Cross-Country Road Trip with his Dying Son. The Sites, Sounds, and People that they meet come alive through the hundreds of little moments the Road contains and The Simple Reality of The Land and the Humanity of these everyday Americans that shine through his perfect prose.

It was a very easy and enjoyable Read, leaving me feeling quite good about the simple realities of Living. Four Stars. ****

Come, read and enjoy the Journey with Ford.

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I ordered this based on AARP recommendation on good summer fiction! Richard Ford was new to me so I did a couple of his earlier books. BE MINE has been my favorite, possibly because I am in my seventies and also because it is shorter. Recommend it!!

My favorite

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As expected, another wholly enjoyable Frank Bascombe novel adeptly narrated by Richard Poe. Any fan of Ford will find much to love here.

Another excellent novel from Ford

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This is my first Richard Ford book, and I wasn't disappointed. I was stunned by Ford's incredible ability to observe the world and incorporate minute details of everyday life into the narrative. In this book, Frank Bascombe, 74, is caring for his 47-year-old son who has ALS. In my own familly, we witnessed a family member become slowly disabled by ALS, so for me the play by play descriptions of the daily life of the ALS sufferer as well as his caretaker dad were phenomenally, heartbreakingly, and at times comically accurate. For me, the son emerges as the most lovable character--quirky, individualistic, and completely authentic. But the dad was also beautifully drawn...honest, occasionally cranky, and ever aware of how short his remaining chapters in life are. This was a moving book. I was addicted to listening to it. I couldn't get enough.

What a writer!

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Good for any boomer divorced father (or mother) with adult children—excellent perspectives told with honesty and depth of feeling.

A terrific insight into being the father in a separated family

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no adequate superlative comes to mind besides the above, as close as i can get

magnificent

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I did enjoy it as I thought it was well written and performed well. The story is a sad one without being maudlin.

I’m not sure why I lol liked this book

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