His Son

Bill Henderson did most of his growing up in the decade of the tail-finned car, Eisenhower, rock and roll, the threat of atomic annihilation, and pervasive silence. This anguished yet loving portrait of a child of the fifties and his father reveals the secret life of that decade. A valediction of the 50s. -Rosellen Brown, Chicago Tribune A powerfully moving book. -Anne Tyler An open-hearted, funny, affecting account of family life during the silent 1950s. -Publishers Weekly Bill Henderson is akin to Tom Sawyer, to Puddinhead Wilson. -William Hogan, San Francisco Chronicle