Mothercare: On Obligation, Love, Death, and Ambivalence Tillman Lynne
"Mothercare represents an investigation of the question of duty, or conscience, what we owe or want to provide to the people in our lives. . . For a reader, there's something bracing about Tillman's…
Specifikacia Mothercare: On Obligation, Love, Death, and Ambivalence Tillman Lynne
"Mothercare represents an investigation of the question of duty, or conscience, what we owe or want to provide to the people in our lives. . . For a reader, there's something bracing about Tillman's honesty, which transforms "Mothercare" from a record or a logbook into a work of art." --David Ulin, Los Angeles TimesFrom the brilliantly original novelist and cultural critic Lynne Tillman comes MOTHERCARE, an honest and beautifully written account of a sudden, drastically changed relationship to one's mother, and of the time and labor spent navigating the American healthcare system.When a mother's unusual health condition, normal pressure hydrocephalus, renders her entirely dependent on you, your sisters, caregivers, and companions, the unthinkable becomes daily life. In MOTHERCARE, Tillman describes doing what seems impossible: handling her mother as if she