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| Resource: | Books (650.0900) Caring for mother : A daughter's long goodbye |
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| Author: | Owens, Virginia Stem. | |
| Publisher: | Westminster John Knox Press, 2007 | |
| Length: | 163 pages | |
| Heading: | 035 — Christian Life | |
| Subjects: | Adult children of aging parents / Religious life; Alzheimer's disease; Caregivers -- Religious life.; Caregivers / Religious life; Christian Life; Death, Grief, Bereavement; Loss, Sorrow, Grief; Owens, Virginia Stem; Parkinson's disease / Religious aspects / Christianity; Spiritual life; Terminally ill parents / Care | |
| Location: | BV4910.9 .O94 2007 | |
| # Copies: | 1 | |
| ISBN/ISSN: | 9780664231521 | |
| Description: | FROM THE PUBLISHER: In Caring for Mother, Virginia Stem Owens gives a clear and realistic account of caring for an elderly loved one. Along the way, Owens notes the spiritual challenges she encountered, not the least of which included fear of her own suffering and death. This book will be a helpful companion to those who have recently assumed the role of caregiver, helping them anticipate some of the emotional turbulence they will encounter along the way. DESCRIPTION: "Death is never timely: it comes either too soon or too late. In The Year of Magical Thinking, Joan Didion recounts the aftermath of her husband's sudden death at the dinner table. At the other edge of the spectrum, Owens describes seven years preceding her mother's relentless descent into dementia, 'God's own breath slowly leaking out through the fissures in her brain.' Afflicted first with Parkinson's, then small strokes and Alzheimer's disease, Mrs. Stem eventually required round-the-clock care. Owens moved next door and spent hours every day with her: 'All I could do was squat beside the avalanche, listening for any sign of life; sometimes I could hear a faint but familiar echo of her voice or gesture from under the heap.' Through essays as incisive and insightful as Didion's, this account succeeds on multiple levels: medical detective story, personal memoir, flawless description, philosophical and spiritual exploration (where is the self when the brain no longer functions normally?). Owens offers not self-help but hope as she bears witness to the grief and glory of life's ending: 'If love… weren't the center from which life flows, if it didn't, as Dante says, move the stars, how could we bear such weight?' (June)" Publishers Weekly (Starred Review) (Copyright Reed Business Information, Inc.) |
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| Age Groups: | None specified. |
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