'A beautiful and important book that is both deeply engaging and
usefully practical. I loved it.' CATHY RENTZENBRINK 'An insightful
and well-timed book ... forces us to confront the stereotypes - and
prejudices - we hold.' SUNDAY TIMES 'profoundly important...full of
wisdom and bright insights on what it really means to love someone,
by a fearless and generous writer. ' CLOVER STROUD 'A beautiful and
timely reminder that each and every one of us has the ability to
care, the capacity for empathy, and the potential to grow.' ANDY
PUDDICOMBE, FOUNDER OF HEADSPACE 'A wonderful book: compassionate,
honest, carefully-reasoned and genuinely helpful... This will
benefit many people.' KATHERINE MAY, author of WINTERING 'An
invaluable tool for any invisible carers or anyone who wants to
learn how to better support their loved ones... we ALL have many,
many things to learn from Penny's beautiful, wise, charming,
thoughtful words' SCARLETT CURTIS, Sunday Times bestselling author
'Moving and beautifully written, nuanced and wise, alert to every
paradox at the heart of love. A hugely important book not only for
current or future carers, but anyone learning to accept that life
tends to resist our control.' OLIVIA SUDJIC, author of EXPOSURE
'Tender captures the powerful capacity of people to care for
others, and all the heartbreaking and heartwarming complexity that
this involves. Penny brings the crucial, yet often overlooked, role
of caring into our collective consciousness and, in doing so,
demonstrates what it means to be human.' -DR EMMA HEPBURN, author
of A TOOLKIT FOR MODERN LIFE 'Penny Wincer's TENDER manages to
combine both unromanticised honesty about the realities of care
with a genuine uplifting hopefulness... is a must-read.' RUTH
WHIPPMAN, author of THE PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS We are all likely - at
some point in our lives - to face the prospect of caring for
another, whether it's a parent, child or partner. It is estimated
that there are 7 million people in the UK caring for loved ones.
And yet these are the unpaid, unsung people whose number is rising
all the time. In Tender: the imperfect art of caring, Penny Wincer
combines her own experiences as a carer with the experiences of
others to offer real and transformative tools and insights for
navigating a situation that many of us are either facing or will
face at some time. Penny Wincer has twice been a carer: first to
her mother, and now as a single parent to her autistic son. Tender
shows how looking after oneself is a fundamental part of caring for
another, and describes the qualities that we can look to cultivate
in ourselves through what may otherwise feel to be an exhausting
task. Weaving her lived experience with research into resilience,
perfectionism and self-compassion, Penny combines the stories of
other carers alongside those who receive support - offering an
often surprising and hopeful perspective. Penny hosts a podcast Not
Too Busy To Write.
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