An extra pair of hands : a story of caring, ageing & everyday acts of love / Kate Mosse.

  • Mosse, Kate, 1961-
Date:
2021
  • Books

About this work

Description

"A deeply moving story of what it means to care for those we love, a celebration of older people and ageing, and of finding joy in the smallest acts of everyday caregiving. 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"--Publisher's description.

Publication/Creation

London : Profile Books : Wellcome Collection, 2021.

Physical description

193 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 21 cm

Bibliographic information

Includes bibliographical references (pages 187-189).

Notes

Copy 1. Titlepage signed by the author.

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ISBN

  • 1788162617
  • 9781788162616