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Cargando... Tasha: A Son's Memoir (edición 2022)por Brian Morton (Autor)
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"Acclaimed novelist Brian Morton delivers a moving, darkly funny memoir of his mother's vibrant life and the many ways in which their tight but turbulent relationship was refashioned in her twilight years. Tasha Morton is a force of nature: a brilliant educator who's left her mark on generations of students -- and also a whirlwind of a mother: intrusive, chaotic, oppressively devoted and irrepressible. For decades, her son, Brian, has kept her at a self-protective distance, but when her health begins to fail, he knows it's time to assume responsibility for her care. Even so, he's not prepared for what awaits him, as her refusal to accept her own fragility leads to a series of epic outbursts and altercations that are sometimes frightening, sometimes wildly comic, and sometimes both. Clear-eyed, loving and brimming with dark humor, Tasha is both a vivid account of an unforgettable woman and a stark look at the impossible task of caring for an elderly parent in a country whose unofficial motto is "you're on your own." Turning his novelist's eye on his own life, Brian Morton lays bare the treacherous business at the heart of every family -- the business of trying to honor ourselves without forsaking our parents, and our parents , and our parents without forsaking ourselves." - jacket. No se han encontrado descripciones de biblioteca. |
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Dementia is a series of small but not insignificant heartbreaks; here, the author documents his experiences relating with his aging mother.
These stories trigger flashbacks of worrying about the grandmother who still lives alone, who didn't want to give up driving, who doesn't seem willing or able to carry out the doctors' instructions; the endless search for reliable home aides; not knowing whether the elder's stories of neglect/abuse by caretakers is to be believed (because they are not mentally able to provide accurate testimony either way--in this instance a nanny cam/voice recorder unfortunately provides ready proof); the question of whether you can possibly take them into your own home when they refuse to enter a care facility.
It also offers a somewhat terrifying glimpse into the future for when my own (hoarding) mom may need help of some sort. Yikes--but also, a welcome kindness in the way that the author writes about his mother with respect and tenderness, and the hope that we all will find this kind of help when we find ourselves in similar need. ( )