What would you do if your eighty-year-old father dragged you into his hell-bent hunt for new love? A few months after the death of his wife, Joe Morris, an affable, eccentric octogenarian, needs a replacement. If he can get a new hip, he figures, why not a new wife? At first, his skeptical son Bob (whose own love life is a disaster) is appalled. But suspicion quickly turns to enthusiasm as he finds himself trolling the personals, screening prospects, chaperoning, and offering etiquette tips to his needy father. Assisted Loving is a warm, witty, and wacky chronicle of a father, a son, and their year of dating dangerously. “In his warm, occasionally silly, deeply honest tribute to his father―to his whole family, in fact ―Bob Morris alternates chapters about their love lives, his and his father’s, to hilarious and touching effect. . . .A heartfelt contribution to the canon of father-son memoir.” - Los Angeles Times “Funny...tender new memoir” - Time Out New York “Hilarious” - New York Post “Mercilessly funny.” - Vanity Fair “Morris mixes humor and social commentary in this courageous book...Ultimately, the inspirational memoir captures all the needed laughs and emotions that go with love and life in the waning years of parent-child bonding.” - Publishers Weekly “The real love story here is between father and son. . . . A funny, good-hearted story.” - New York Times Book Review What would you do if your eighty-year-old father dragged you into his hell-bent hunt for new love? A few months after the death of his wife, Joe Morris, an affable, eccentric octogenarian, needs a replacement. If he can get a new hip, he figures, why not a new wife? At first, his skeptical son Bob (whose own love life is a disaster) is appalled. But suspicion quickly turns to enthusiasm as he finds himself trolling the personals, screening prospects, chaperoning, and offering etiquette tips to his needy father. Assisted Loving is a warm, witty, and wacky chronicle of a father, a son, and their year of dating dangerously. A frequent contributor to the New York Times Sunday Styles section, Bob Morris has been a commentator for NPR's All Things Considered and a contributor to the New York Times Magazine , The New Yorker , and Travel + Leisure . He also collaborated with Diahann Carroll on her award-winning memoir, The Legs Are the Last to Go .