Everything you need to understand or teach A Calling For Charlie Barnes by Joshua Ferris.
In Joshua Ferris's novel A Calling for Charlie Barnes, after Jake Barnes's father Charlie Barnes is diagnosed with pancreatic cancer, Charlie asks him to write the true story of his life. Though Jake is a professional novelist, he struggles to write the story the way he wants. The more he writes, the more evasive the truth appears. Jake's relationship with his work becomes even more complicated when his family gets ahold of and reads his manuscript. Jake must confront the truth of his longings and desires, and learn to embrace his relationship with fiction as a form of healing. The novel explores themes including truth, belonging, and grief.
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