'Uplifting and honest, [Tender is] about resilience and learning to
look after oneself so as to be better able to care for others.'
KATE MOSSE '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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