The Reluctant Carer
Dispatches from the Edge of Life
Seiten
2023
Picador (Verlag)
978-1-5290-2939-0 (ISBN)
Picador (Verlag)
978-1-5290-2939-0 (ISBN)
An irresistibly moving and deeply urgent memoir about a life of caring.
An irresistibly moving, funny and urgent memoir about the reality of caring for your parents, when you can barely care for yourself.
'Moving and real, as well as splutter-your-tea funny' – Miranda Sawyer
It was the kind of phone call we all dread. Your elderly father has been admitted to hospital. Your mum is about to be left at home alone. The answer? Drop everything. Go. Help. The reality? Not so straightforward. Suddenly, you’re a kid again, stranded in the overheated house you grew up in. They need you 24/7, that much is obvious. And you want to help, of course you do. But soon your life starts to unravel almost as quickly as their health.
In between bouts of washing, feeding, cooking and fighting there are days that test you, days where everything goes wrong and days where everyone, miraculously rises to the occasion. And in between all of that, you learn how to care. But this time with feeling.
Irresistibly funny, unflinching and deeply moving, this is a love letter to family and friends, to carers and to anyone who has ever packed a small bag intent on staying for just a few days. This is a true story of what it really means to be a carer. This is The Reluctant Carer.
‘Hilarious, bitter, poignant and profound . . . like an existential soap opera – only with more laughs.‘ - Philip Hoare, author of Leviathan
An irresistibly moving, funny and urgent memoir about the reality of caring for your parents, when you can barely care for yourself.
'Moving and real, as well as splutter-your-tea funny' – Miranda Sawyer
It was the kind of phone call we all dread. Your elderly father has been admitted to hospital. Your mum is about to be left at home alone. The answer? Drop everything. Go. Help. The reality? Not so straightforward. Suddenly, you’re a kid again, stranded in the overheated house you grew up in. They need you 24/7, that much is obvious. And you want to help, of course you do. But soon your life starts to unravel almost as quickly as their health.
In between bouts of washing, feeding, cooking and fighting there are days that test you, days where everything goes wrong and days where everyone, miraculously rises to the occasion. And in between all of that, you learn how to care. But this time with feeling.
Irresistibly funny, unflinching and deeply moving, this is a love letter to family and friends, to carers and to anyone who has ever packed a small bag intent on staying for just a few days. This is a true story of what it really means to be a carer. This is The Reluctant Carer.
‘Hilarious, bitter, poignant and profound . . . like an existential soap opera – only with more laughs.‘ - Philip Hoare, author of Leviathan
The author is a writer and teacher and lives in South East England.
| Erscheinungsdatum | 11.07.2023 |
|---|---|
| Verlagsort | London |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 130 x 196 mm |
| Gewicht | 226 g |
| Themenwelt | Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie | |
| Medizin / Pharmazie ► Gesundheitswesen | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Sozialpädagogik | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-5290-2939-2 / 1529029392 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-5290-2939-0 / 9781529029390 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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