Mother Lode: Confessions of a Reluctant Caregiver
English
By (author): Gretchen Staebler
Gretchen Staebler promises to spend one year in her childhood home caring for her stubborn ninety-six-year-old mothersort of a middle-aged gap year. Then her mother will move to assisted living and she will return to her own life, their relationship magically having become all she ever longed it to be. Can it be that easy?
As mother and daughter each try desperately to keep a firm grasp on their independence, their daily battles in Mamas kitchen fiefdom echo the clash of adolescence and menopause in the same spot decades earlier. Penetrating the fog of her mothers advancing dementia, hypochondria, and blindness with humor, frustration, and compassionand winethe author slowly comes to accept and respect the mother she got, if not the one she wished for. In the process, she becomes a self-taught authority on aging, dementia, the healthcare system, and self-care. But how long will healing between mother and daughter takeand how long do they have? See more
As mother and daughter each try desperately to keep a firm grasp on their independence, their daily battles in Mamas kitchen fiefdom echo the clash of adolescence and menopause in the same spot decades earlier. Penetrating the fog of her mothers advancing dementia, hypochondria, and blindness with humor, frustration, and compassionand winethe author slowly comes to accept and respect the mother she got, if not the one she wished for. In the process, she becomes a self-taught authority on aging, dementia, the healthcare system, and self-care. But how long will healing between mother and daughter takeand how long do they have? See more
Current price
€15.36
Original price
€18.50
Delivery/Collection within 10-20 working days