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They left us everything a memoir

They left us everything a memoir

Johnson, Plum, author.
Large Print 2016

After almost twenty years of caring for elderly parents -- first for their senile father, and then for their cantankerous ninety-three-year old mother -- author Plum Johnson and her three younger brothers have finally fallen to their middle-aged knees with conflicted feelings of grief and relief. Now they must empty and sell the beloved family home, twenty-three rooms bulging with history, antiques, and oxygen tanks. Plum thought: How tough will...

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Adult children of aging parents Family relationships Canada
Aging parents Care Canada
Caregivers Canada Biography
Johnson, Plum Family
Parent and adult child
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ISBN:
9781410493354
Edition:
Large print edition
Description:
393 pages (large print) ; 23 cm
large print
Notes:
Canadiana
Contents:
Never mind the dog
Part I. Endings. Mum's will ; Hornet's nest ; Point o' view ; Dancing till the end ; Good-bye, Mum
Part II. Inheritance. Other mothers ; Unpacking the past ; A fate worse than death ; Appraisals ; Buried treasure
Part III. Dispersal. Two weddings and a funeral ; Dividing what remains ; Earthquake ; Careful what you wish for ; Separation ; Hong Kong farewell
One last look
LCCN:
2016026726
Control Number:
1999265
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