The Whalestoe Letters: From House of Leaves

Between 1982 and 1989, Pelafina H. Li vre sent her son, Johnny Truant, a series of letters from The Three Attic Whalestoe Institute, a psychiatric facility in Ohio where she spent the final years of her life. Beautiful, heartfelt, and tragic, this correspondence reveals the powerful and deeply moving relationship between a brilliant though mentally ill mother and the precocious, gifted young son she never ceases to love.

Originally contained within the monumental House of Leaves, this collection stands alone as a stunning portrait of mother and child. It is presented here along with a foreword by Walden D. Wyhrta and eleven previously unavailable letters.

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Pantheon Books
Published: 10/10/2000
ISBN: 9780375714412
Pages: 104
Weight: 0.26lbs
Size: 8.12h x 5.02w x 0.36d