{"product_id":"9781593767174","title":"MOTHERCARE: On Obligation, Love, Death, and Ambivalence","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"Masterfully-wrought . . . [A] stunning story of caregiving, with its questions of obligation and ethics and what it means to care for someone who, perhaps, didn’t care for you.\" —\u003ci\u003eThe Boston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom 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.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen 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 were a child and coping with a longtime ambivalence toward her.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn Tillman’s celebrated style and as a “rich noticer of strange things” (Colm Tóibín), she describes, without flinching, the unexpected, heartbreaking, and anxious eleven years of caring for a sick parent.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMOTHERCARE is both a cautionary tale and sympathetic guidance for anyone who suddenly becomes a caregiver. This story may be helpful, informative, consoling, or upsetting, but it never fails to underscore how impossible it is to get the job done completely right.","brand":"Catapult","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47062866067696,"sku":"9781593767174","price":23.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781593767174_p0.jpg?v=1763808238","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781593767174","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}