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As our population ages, more and more of us find ourselves caring for parents and loved ones - some 8.8 million people in the UK. An invisible army of carers holding families together.Here, Kate Mosse tells her own personal story of finding herself a carer in middle age: first, helping her heroic mother care for her beloved father through Parkinson's, then supporting her mother in widowhood, and finally as 'an extra pair of hands' for her 90-year-old mother-in-law.This is a story about the gentle heroism of our carers, about small everyday acts of tenderness, and finding joy in times of crisis. It's about juggling priorities, mind-numbing repetition, about guilt and powerlessness, about grief, and the solace of nature when we're exhausted or at a loss. It is also about celebrating older people, about learning to live differently - and think differently about ageing.But most of all, it's a story about love.
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An Extra Pair of Hands, Kate Mosse
- Taal
- Jaar van publicatie
- 2021
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- Titel
- An Extra Pair of Hands
- Taal
- Engels
- Auteurs
- Kate Mosse
- Uitgever
- Profile Books
- Jaar van publicatie
- 2021
- Formaat
- Hardcover
- ISBN10
- 1788162617
- ISBN13
- 9781788162616
- Reeks
- Tags
- Non-fictie, Waargebeurde verhalen, Biographies, Gezondheid & Medisch, Geneeskunde, Autobiografie en memoires, Gezondheid, Cadeaus voor Vrouwen, Feminisme
- Beoordeling
- 4,1 van 5
- Aantekening
- As our population ages, more and more of us find ourselves caring for parents and loved ones - some 8.8 million people in the UK. An invisible army of carers holding families together.Here, Kate Mosse tells her own personal story of finding herself a carer in middle age: first, helping her heroic mother care for her beloved father through Parkinson's, then supporting her mother in widowhood, and finally as 'an extra pair of hands' for her 90-year-old mother-in-law.This is a story about the gentle heroism of our carers, about small everyday acts of tenderness, and finding joy in times of crisis. It's about juggling priorities, mind-numbing repetition, about guilt and powerlessness, about grief, and the solace of nature when we're exhausted or at a loss. It is also about celebrating older people, about learning to live differently - and think differently about ageing.But most of all, it's a story about love.