{"product_id":"mothercare-on-obligation-love-death-and-ambivalence-9781593767624","title":"Mothercare: On Obligation, Love, Death, and Ambivalence","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eMothercare\u003c\/i\u003e 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, \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/correctionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-16601174\"\u003eLynne Tillman\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Soft Skull\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/07\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 176\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.50lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.20h x 5.40w x 0.40d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781593767624\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1593767625\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/correctionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FAM\"\u003eFamily \u0026amp; Relationships\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/correctionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FAM017000\"\u003eEldercare\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/correctionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-BIO\"\u003eBiography \u0026amp; Autobiography\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/correctionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-BIO022000\"\u003eWomen\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/correctionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-BIO\"\u003eBiography \u0026amp; Autobiography\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/correctionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-BIO026000\"\u003ePersonal Memoirs\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLynne Tillman\u003c\/b\u003e is a novelist, short story writer, and cultural critic. Her novels are \u003ci\u003eHaunted Houses; Motion Sickness; Cast in Doubt; No Lease on Life\u003c\/i\u003e, a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award; \u003ci\u003eAmerican Genius, A Comedy, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eMen and Apparitions\u003c\/i\u003e. Her nonfiction books include \u003ci\u003eThe Velvet Years: Warhol's Factory 1965-1967\u003c\/i\u003e, with photographs by Stephen Shore; \u003ci\u003eBookstore: The Life and Times of Jeannette Watson and Books \u0026amp; Co\u003c\/i\u003e.; and \u003ci\u003eWhat Would Lynne Tillman Do?\u003c\/i\u003e, a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award in Criticism. She is the recipient of a Guggenheim Foundation Fellowship and The Andy Warhol Foundation Arts Writers Grant. Tillman is Professor\/Writer-in-Residence in the Department of English at The University of Albany, and lives in New York with bass player David Hofstra.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Soft Skull","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45795620815023,"sku":"9781593767624","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0651\/9255\/8767\/files\/img_4a51beca-f83f-42fe-b8a7-61dcfbfcae9f.jpg?v=1756134374","url":"https:\/\/www.correctionsbookstore.com\/products\/mothercare-on-obligation-love-death-and-ambivalence-9781593767624","provider":"Corrections Bookstore ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}