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Plot Summary of Life, Death and Bialys
"As Flip Schaffer approached the end of his life from metastic cancer, he invited his semi-estranged adult son to join him in New York City at an upscale baking class designed for aspiring chefs. Mostly to humor his father, Dylan agreed. Seven months later the class is scheduled to begin and although he heads off to join his father, Dylan is not at all sure he is prepared for the experience.

Memoirs can be tricky. Eccentric pastry chefs; the crowded, hot and humid streets of New York; a less than glamorous hotel; memories of a mentally unstable mother and an absent father; a tenuous rebuilding of the ties between father and son, all interspersed with recipies for bread."

A R Pickett, Resident Scholar



Review Analysis of Life, Death and Bialys
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Plot
Family, ill Yes
Who? - Father
because he/she is - physically ill
Family, love Yes
Special relationship with - father
Period of greatest activity? - 1950+

Subject of Biography
Gender - Male
Profession/status: - a lawyer creature
Age: - 40's-50's
Ethnicity - Jew
Nationality - American (!)
How sensitive is this person? - sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor - Strong but gentle sense of humor

Setting
How much descriptions of surroundings? - 3 ()
United States Yes
City? Yes
Century: - 1980's-Present

Style
Person - mostly 1st
Accounts of torture and death? - no torture/death
Book makes you feel? - thoughtful
Is book humorous? Yes
If humorous, kind of humor - gentle
Unusual Style: - a lot of flashback and forwards
Writer's slant towards subject: - favorable
Story of entire life, or part? - story of set of events during life
Autobiography? Yes
How much dialogue in bio? - significantly more descript than dialog
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