The Time Mom Met Hitler, Frost Came to Dinner, and I Heard the Greatest Story Ever Told

Throughout his life, Eberhart lived in the shadow of his father, Pulitzer Prize–winning poet laureate Richard Eberhart. But it wasn’t just his father who shaped his world. So did the literary giants who filled the family home during his youth, including Robert Frost, Dylan Thomas, Allen Ginsberg, and Sylvia Plath. The home near Dartmouth College, where Richard Eberhart taught, was filled with discussions and debates over not only poetry and philosophy, but also religion. Yet it wasn’t until after he became a father himself that Eberhart truly pondered the questions about religion that seeped into his soul. Initially, he found the answers he craved in Reform Judaism, but then at the age of 60 found the forgiveness he longed for in Christianity. Eberhart’s memoir, not surprisingly, will hold the most interest for those who are familiar with the literary community in which he swam as a child. The initial too-lengthy chapters of family history aside, Eberhart sketches a portrait of himself as a man coming to terms with his father and reconciling with his “ultimate Father” as well. [em]Agent: Don Jacobson, D.C. Jacobson and Associates. (June) [/em]