A Farewell to Gabo and Mercedes: A Son's Memoir of Gabriel García Márquez and Mercedes Barcha
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- Create Date：2021-07-26 22:21:03
- Update Date：2025-09-07
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- Author：Rodrigo García
- ISBN：B08X4Q3GFP
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Reviews
Diane
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Rodrigo Garcia has written a beautiful memoir of his parents and their last days - the well known author and Nobel Prize winner Gabriel Garcia Marquez and his wife Mercedes Barcha。 The one big takeaway I took from this besides Rodrigo's love for his parents was when he wrote what the doctors and others told him when his father was in the hospital - get your father home and make him comfortable。 The wear and tear on a family going to the hospital on a daily basis would be unfathomable。 And Rodrig Rodrigo Garcia has written a beautiful memoir of his parents and their last days - the well known author and Nobel Prize winner Gabriel Garcia Marquez and his wife Mercedes Barcha。 The one big takeaway I took from this besides Rodrigo's love for his parents was when he wrote what the doctors and others told him when his father was in the hospital - get your father home and make him comfortable。 The wear and tear on a family going to the hospital on a daily basis would be unfathomable。 And Rodrigo did just that。A very fast read that once you start you won't put it down。 It will only take you an hour and a half， two tops to read this wonderful homage to his parents。 It will make you cry but also make you smile knowing the love all around in this family。 。。。more
Melinda Owens
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Very insightful！ This was a delight to read。
Melissa
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Intimate， moving， vulnerable。I felt as if I was Rodrigo Garcia's friend and just walked through the difficult last days of his father with him。 And then his mother as well。As the acclaimed nobel winning author Gabriel Garcia Marquez entered his final days， his son， Rodrigo shares with us his journey。 As one who has walked a version of this road with my own family， there were so many things that felt so familiar。 The need to make decisions while simultaneously and randomly remembering the simples Intimate， moving， vulnerable。I felt as if I was Rodrigo Garcia's friend and just walked through the difficult last days of his father with him。 And then his mother as well。As the acclaimed nobel winning author Gabriel Garcia Marquez entered his final days， his son， Rodrigo shares with us his journey。 As one who has walked a version of this road with my own family， there were so many things that felt so familiar。 The need to make decisions while simultaneously and randomly remembering the simplest or silliest memory tied to the one who is leaving us。 Poignant conclusions of our shared humanity and how dementia especially robs us all of our last moments with others is rendered with tenderness and heartbreak。This is a very short memoir that was so full of beauty。 The difficulty and sadness of saying goodbye， whether drawn out or quickly， is shared and feels like a call out that we are not alone。 This felt like a loving and helpful sharing of one man's journey， and a lovely tribute to his parents。Thank you to Goodreads and Harpervia for the giveaway gift。 I feel like a chosen friend to cherish such precious moments。 。。。more
Sandy Lane
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Beautiful。 A novella about his parents death， but really more about their life。 The rawness of his reflections brought me back to understanding the mortality of my own parents and that precious time until the finish line。
Deb Spera
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