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Books > Health, Home & Family > Family & health > Family & other relationships > Intergenerational relationships
*** 'An honest and thoughtful memoir. Moving but, ultimately, full
of hope. Beautiful.' KATE MOSSE 'Superb. Love & Care is a book
about the unbreakable bonds of family, the cruelty of passing time
and a love that never dies.' TONY PARSONS 'A beautiful, intimate
story of love and understanding - candid and funny. This is a
lyrical memoir of hope and forgiveness.' RAYNOR WINN, author of The
Salt Path * Shaun is finally free of responsibilities to anyone but
himself; single, with two grown up daughters, he is just embarking
on a new life in a new country when he gets a call to say his
father is dying. His mother has Parkinson's Dementia and is in a
care home. Shaun faces a stark choice: should he give up his
new-found freedom, or turn his back on the woman he'd fought so
hard to protect, not least from his own father? Shaun's mother had
loved and cared for her son all her life. Could he now do the same
for her? 'A heart-warming, heart-wrenching, and beautifully humane
account of loving and caring.' NICCI GERRARD, novelist and author
of What Dementia Teaches Us About Love 'An insightful tale of care
. . . this book needed to be written.' JO GOOD, BBC Radio London 'A
vital subject, a really strong voice and, hurrah, humour makes this
absorbing reading.' CAROLINE RAPHAEL, Radio 4's Book at Bedtime 'An
eye-opening - and at times jaw dropping - account that will make
you weep with its tenderness and compassion . . . A highly readable
tale of redemption and a celebration of love's many hues.' PAUL
BLEZARD, Love Reading 'Moving' DAILY MAIL
INCLUDES INTERVIEWS WITH BERTIE AHERN, MARY KENNEDY, SEAN O'ROUKE,
MARY COUGHLAN AND MANY OTHERS. What was life like for Ireland's
grandparents when they were young? What has changed for the better?
What values do they wish to hand down? In these pages, grandmother
and chronicler of times past Valerie Cox talks to fellow
grandparents, creating an unforgettable trip down memory lane.
Through schooldays, dating, jiving, child-rearing, working life,
holidays, fashion and more, memories are shared of a pre-digital
age when the world seemed smaller and community life was central.
They also describe the magic of the grandparent-grandchild
relationship, and their hopes for the upcoming generation. Full of
tender or surprising reminiscences from across Ireland, along with
revelations on what truly matters in life, When I Was Your Age
includes contributions from some of Ireland's best known
grandparents - a beautiful gift and a time capsule for the future.
This highly original book argues for increased recognition of
pregnancy, birthing and childrearing as social activities demanding
simultaneously physical, intellectual, emotional and moral work
from those who undertake them. Amy Mullin considers both parenting
and paid childcare, and examines the impact of disability on this
work. The first chapters contest misconceptions about pregnancy and
birth such as the idea that pregnancy is only valued for its end
result, and not also for the process. Following chapters focus on
childcare provided in different circumstances and on the needs of
both providers and receivers of care. The book challenges the
assumption that isolated self-sacrifice should be the norm in
either pregnancy or childcare. Instead reproductive labor requires
greater social support. Written from the perspective of a feminist
philosopher, the book draws on the work of, and seeks to increase
dialogue between, philosophers and childcare professionals,
disability theorists, nurses and sociologists.
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