Losing a Life
A Daughter's Memoir of Caregiving
Seiten
2005
Hamilton Books (Verlag)
978-0-7618-3112-9 (ISBN)
Hamilton Books (Verlag)
978-0-7618-3112-9 (ISBN)
In this thought-provoking memoir, Nancy Gerber maps the wrenching terrain of caring for an elderly parent. In the fall of 1995, at the age of 73, the author's father suffered a massive stroke on the right side of the brain, rendering him permanently disabled. This catastrophic event plunged the author and her family into a crisis for which they were completely unprepared, one that included financial worries; the need to hire full-time, live-in help; and the specter of putting her father into a nursing home.
Even more wrenching was the demise of the parent she had always known. From an active, gregarious man with hobbies and friends - a man who had been working at the time of the stroke - her father became withdrawn, hostile, and silent. This profound loss was aggravated by the stress and anxiety that characterize family caregiving. In honest, evocative prose, the author describes her struggle to negotiate the competing demands of love, filial responsibility, familial conflict, and personal autonomy that arise when a parent becomes ill.
Even more wrenching was the demise of the parent she had always known. From an active, gregarious man with hobbies and friends - a man who had been working at the time of the stroke - her father became withdrawn, hostile, and silent. This profound loss was aggravated by the stress and anxiety that characterize family caregiving. In honest, evocative prose, the author describes her struggle to negotiate the competing demands of love, filial responsibility, familial conflict, and personal autonomy that arise when a parent becomes ill.
Nancy Gerber holds a doctorate in Literatures in English from Rutgers University. The author of Portrait of the Mother-Artist: Class and Creativity in Contemporary American Fiction (Lexington Books, 2003), she has taught in the English and Women's Studies departments at Rutgers University, Newark. She lives in Montclair, New Jersey, with her family and can be reached at n.gerber@att.net or through her web site, www.nancygerber.net .
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 23.4.2005 |
|---|---|
| Verlagsort | Lanham, MD |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 154 x 228 mm |
| Gewicht | 150 g |
| Themenwelt | Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Gesundheit / Leben / Psychologie ► Familie / Erziehung |
| Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Gesundheit / Leben / Psychologie ► Lebenshilfe / Lebensführung | |
| Sonstiges ► Geschenkbücher | |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Sozialpädagogik | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-7618-3112-6 / 0761831126 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-7618-3112-9 / 9780761831129 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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