the good luck of right now by matthew quick

In addition to pretending to be him for his mother, he also writes him to explain what he is doing. This was an interesting story told in letters that were written by a 38-year-old man who still lives at home with his mother and who pretends to be Richard Gere in order to calm her during her last days of dementia ridden cancer. In a rented Ford Focus, they travel to Canada to see the Cat Parliament and find Bartholomew's biological father. But mostly the letters reveal one man's heartbreakingly earnest attempt to assemble a family of his own.Ī struggling priest, a 'Girlbrarian,' her feline-loving, foulmouthed brother, and the spirit of Richard Gere join the quest to help Bartholomew. Jung and the Dalai Lama, philosophy and faith, alien abduction and cat telepathy, the Catholic Church and the mystery of women, are all explored in his soul-baring epistles. Believing that the actor is meant to help him, Bartholomew awkwardly starts his new life by writing Richard Gere a series of letters. In her final days, Mom called him Richard-there must be a cosmic connection. But how does a man whose whole life has been grounded in his mom, Saturday Mass, and the library learn how to fly?īartholomew thinks he's found a clue when he discovers a 'Free Tibet' letter from Richard Gere hidden in his mother's underwear drawer. His redheaded grief counselor, Wendy, says he needs to find his flock and leave the nest. When she gets sick and dies, he has no idea how to be on his own.

For thirty-eight years, Bartholomew Neil has lived with his mother.

The good luck of right now by matthew quick