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An Uncertain Inheritance: Writers on Caring for Family (2007)

por Nell Casey (Editor)

Otros autores: Julia Alvarez (Contribuidor), Eleanor Cooney (Contribuidor), Amanda Fortini (Contribuidor), Julia Glass (Contribuidor), Jerome Groopman (Contribuidor)15 más, Anne Harleman (Contribuidor), Ann Hood (Contribuidor), Anne Landsman (Contribuidor), Ed Bok Lee (Contribuidor), Susan Lehman (Contribuidor), Sam Lipsyte (Contribuidor), Stan Mack (Contribuidor), Frank McCourt (Prólogo), Kerrel McKay (Contribuidor), Justine Picardie (Contribuidor), Helen Schulman (Contribuidor), Scot Sea (Contribuidor), Andrew Solomon (Contribuidor), Abigail Thomas (Contribuidor), Stephen Yadzinski (Contribuidor)

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In this eloquent collection of essays--from the editor of the national bestseller Unholy Ghost: Writers on Depression--contributors reveal their experiences in caring for family through illness and death Today, thirty million people look after frail family members in their own homes. This number will increase drastically over the next decade--as baby boomers tiptoe toward old age; as soldiers return home from war wounded, mentally and physically; as a growing number of Americans find themselves caught between the needs of elderly parents and young children; as medical advances extend lives and health insurance fails to cover them. This compelling book offers both literary solace and guidance to the people who find themselves witness to--and participants in--the fading lives of their intimates. Some of the country's most accomplished writers offer frank insights and revelations about this complex relationship. Julia Glass describes the tension between giving care--to her two young sons--and needing care after being diagnosed with breast cancer; Ann Harleman explores her decision to place her husband in an institution; Sam Lipsyte alternates between dark humor and profound understanding in telling the story of his mother's battle with cancer; Ann Hood wishes she'd had more time as a caregiver, to prepare herself for the loss of her daughter; Andrew Solomon examines the humbling experience of returning as an adult to be cared for by his father; cartoonist Stan Mack offers an illustrated piece about the humor and hell of making his way through the medical bureaucracy alongside his partner, Janet; Julia Alvarez writes about the competition between her and her three sisters to be the best daughter as they tend to their ailing parents. An Uncertain Inheritance examines the caregiving relationship from every angle--children caring for parents; parents caring for children; sib-lings, spouses, and close friends, all looking after one another--to reveal the pain, intimacy, and grace that take place in this meaningful connection.… (más)
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Casey, NellEditorautor principaltodas las edicionesconfirmado
Alvarez, JuliaContribuidorautor secundariotodas las edicionesconfirmado
Cooney, EleanorContribuidorautor secundariotodas las edicionesconfirmado
Fortini, AmandaContribuidorautor secundariotodas las edicionesconfirmado
Glass, JuliaContribuidorautor secundariotodas las edicionesconfirmado
Groopman, JeromeContribuidorautor secundariotodas las edicionesconfirmado
Harleman, AnneContribuidorautor secundariotodas las edicionesconfirmado
Hood, AnnContribuidorautor secundariotodas las edicionesconfirmado
Landsman, AnneContribuidorautor secundariotodas las edicionesconfirmado
Lee, Ed BokContribuidorautor secundariotodas las edicionesconfirmado
Lehman, SusanContribuidorautor secundariotodas las edicionesconfirmado
Lipsyte, SamContribuidorautor secundariotodas las edicionesconfirmado
Mack, StanContribuidorautor secundariotodas las edicionesconfirmado
McCourt, FrankPrólogoautor secundariotodas las edicionesconfirmado
McKay, KerrelContribuidorautor secundariotodas las edicionesconfirmado
Picardie, JustineContribuidorautor secundariotodas las edicionesconfirmado
Schulman, HelenContribuidorautor secundariotodas las edicionesconfirmado
Sea, ScotContribuidorautor secundariotodas las edicionesconfirmado
Solomon, AndrewContribuidorautor secundariotodas las edicionesconfirmado
Thomas, AbigailContribuidorautor secundariotodas las edicionesconfirmado
Yadzinski, StephenContribuidorautor secundariotodas las edicionesconfirmado
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In this eloquent collection of essays--from the editor of the national bestseller Unholy Ghost: Writers on Depression--contributors reveal their experiences in caring for family through illness and death Today, thirty million people look after frail family members in their own homes. This number will increase drastically over the next decade--as baby boomers tiptoe toward old age; as soldiers return home from war wounded, mentally and physically; as a growing number of Americans find themselves caught between the needs of elderly parents and young children; as medical advances extend lives and health insurance fails to cover them. This compelling book offers both literary solace and guidance to the people who find themselves witness to--and participants in--the fading lives of their intimates. Some of the country's most accomplished writers offer frank insights and revelations about this complex relationship. Julia Glass describes the tension between giving care--to her two young sons--and needing care after being diagnosed with breast cancer; Ann Harleman explores her decision to place her husband in an institution; Sam Lipsyte alternates between dark humor and profound understanding in telling the story of his mother's battle with cancer; Ann Hood wishes she'd had more time as a caregiver, to prepare herself for the loss of her daughter; Andrew Solomon examines the humbling experience of returning as an adult to be cared for by his father; cartoonist Stan Mack offers an illustrated piece about the humor and hell of making his way through the medical bureaucracy alongside his partner, Janet; Julia Alvarez writes about the competition between her and her three sisters to be the best daughter as they tend to their ailing parents. An Uncertain Inheritance examines the caregiving relationship from every angle--children caring for parents; parents caring for children; sib-lings, spouses, and close friends, all looking after one another--to reveal the pain, intimacy, and grace that take place in this meaningful connection.

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