BUCKLEY TALKS "MUM AND PUP"

In last week's Weekend Edition, Scott Simon met up with Twelve's Christopher Buckley to discuss his parents-- Patricia and William F. Buckley-- the subjects of his new memoir LOSING MUM AND PUP. There are many revelations about the pair, some of them funny, some of them more raw. Of the dynamics of the glamorous pair, he says,

He was the intellectual and she had beauty and style, so together they made really for quite a formidable pair. But when it's your mom and your dad, that's not the most important thing. The most important thing with your mom or dad is your relationship with them."

You can click here to hear the interview, and to read NPR's writeup, and here to read more about the book, which pubs on April 15.