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An Extra Pair Of Hands - A Story Of Caring, Ageing & Everyday Acts Of Love (Hardcover) Loot Price: R452
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An Extra Pair Of Hands - A Story Of Caring, Ageing & Everyday Acts Of Love (Hardcover): Kate Mosse

An Extra Pair Of Hands - A Story Of Caring, Ageing & Everyday Acts Of Love (Hardcover)

Kate Mosse

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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 personal story of finding herself as a carer in middle age: first, helping her mother look after 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..

General

Imprint: Wellcome Collection
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Release date: June 2021
First published: 2021
Authors: Kate Mosse
Dimensions: 205 x 137 x 23mm (L x W x T)
Format: Hardcover - Trade binding
Pages: 208
ISBN-13: 978-1-78816-261-6
Categories: Books > Language & Literature > Biography & autobiography > General
Books > Medicine > Nursing & ancillary services > General
Books > Health, Home & Family > Family & health > Home nursing & caring
Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history
Books > Health, Home & Family > Family & health > Popular medicine > General
Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Gender studies > Women's studies > Feminism
Books > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history
Books > Biography > General
LSN: 1-78816-261-7
Barcode: 9781788162616

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