MothercareLynne TillmanLabel: Peninsula Press LtdDescription: From 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 systemWhen 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.In Tillman's celebrated style and as a 'rich noticer of strange things' (Colm Toibin) she describes without flinching the unexpected heartbreaking and anxious eleven years of caring for a sick parent.Mothercare 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.
