Tinkers

By Paul Harding

Subjects: nyt:trade_fiction_paperback=2010-04-25, Fathers and sons, Patients, Identity (Psychology) in old age, nyt:trade-fiction-paperback=2010-05-09, Literature, Dementia, Fictional Works, New York Times bestseller, Fathers and sons, fiction, Fiction, Fathers, Reminiscing in old age, Fiction, psychological, Psychology, Identify Crisis

Description: An old man lies dying. As time collapses into memory, he travels deep into his past where he is reunited with his father and relives the wonder and pain of his impoverished New England youth. At once heartbreaking and life affirming, Tinkers is an elegiac meditation on love, loss, and the fierce beauty of nature.