Henry, Himself, O`Nan Stewart

Stewart ONan is renowned for illuminating the unexpected grace of everyday life and the resilience of ordinary people with humor, intelligence, and compassion. In Henry, Himself, he offers an unsentimental, moving life story of a twentieth-century everyman.

Soldier, son, lover, husband, breadwinner, churchgoer, Henry Maxwell has spent his whole life trying to live with honor. A native Pittsburgher and engineer, hes always believed in logic, sacrifice, and hard work. Now, seventy-five and retired, he feels the world has passed him by. Its 1998, the American century is ending, and nothing is simple anymore. His children are distant, their unhappiness a mystery. Only his wife Emily and dog Rufus stand by him. Once so confident, as Henrys strength and memory desert him, he weighs his dreams against his regrets and is left with questions he cant answer: Is he a good man? Has he done right by the people he loves? And with time running out, what, realistically, can he hope for?