01531nam a2200325u  4500001001100000003000700011005001700018007000300035008004100038010001500079020001800094035002100112040007100133042000800204043001200212100003400224245003900258250003800297260003300335300002900368336002100397337002500418338002300443520054900466600002501015600004501040600003301085600004901118650003801167904813238 OCoLC 20190501234300.0ta160107s2015    nyu           000 0aeng    a2015017170  a9781501107832  a(OCoLC)904813238  aDLCbengerdacDLCdYDXCPdBDXdBTCTAdOCLCOdGK8dOCLCFdOCLdHSA  apcc  an-us---1 aParker, Mary-Louise,eauthor.10aDear Mr. You cMary-Louise Parker.  aFirst Scribner hardcover edition. 1aNew York :bScribner,c2015.  aviii, 228 pages ;c22 cm  atext2rdacontent  aunmediated2rdamedia  avolume2rdacarrier  aRenders the singular arc of a woman's life through letters Mary-Louise Parker composes to the men, real and hypothetical, who have informed the person she is today. Beginning with the grandfather she never knew, the letters range from a missive to the beloved priest from her childhood to remembrances of former lovers to an homage to a firefighter she encountered to a heartfelt communication with the uncle of the infant daughter she adopted. These letters reveal the complexity and power to be found in relationships both loving and fraught.10aParker, Mary-Louise.10aParker, Mary-LouisexRelations with men.10aParker, Mary-LouisexFamily.10aParker, Mary-LouisexFriends and associates. 0aActorszUnited StatesvBiography.