Don't Say a Word - A Daughter's Two Cents (Paperback)

Edna and Leo, a perpetually warring, tyrannical pair in their 80s, begin wintering In Mexico, where they abandon their usual prudence to embrace adventure and a bevy of sketchy new friends. Soon, Edna adopts a pair of shyster builders whom she trusts over her own architect-daughter Elizabeth, and a farcical house results. Blithely indifferent to the calamities that result, the pair refuse all help from their too-compliant only child. Later, following her mother's sudden death, Elizabeth's wise, principled father attempts to fill his late wife's shoes with a string of loopy, live-in housekeepers-with privileges, he hopes. Before it is over the Mexican escapade will bring down the kind of disasters commonly found in pulp fiction. Why can't Elizabeth stop any of this from happening? No matter the madness, she cannot confront her parents any more than she ever could. In the end, the surprising way in which they come undone reveals just what they spent their lives trying to hide, thereby setting her free. Though unique in its loony details, Don't Say A Word! will resonate with beleaguered adult-children everywhere who will recognize the special misery of watching, helpless, as stubborn, diminished parents careen precariously toward the end of life.

General

Imprint:	She Writes Press
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	May 2021
Authors:	Elizabeth Roper Marcus
Dimensions:	215 x 139 x 26mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
ISBN-13:	978-1-64742-052-9
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Biography & autobiography > General Books > Health, Home & Family > Family & health > Family & other relationships > Intergenerational relationships Books > Health, Home & Family > Family & health > Coping with personal problems > Coping with old age Books > Biography > General
LSN:	1-64742-052-0
Barcode:	9781647420529

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