The Caregiver's Tale : : Loss and Renewal in Memoirs of Family Life /

The Caregiver's Tale : : Loss and Renewal in Memoirs of Family Life / / Ann Burack-Weiss.

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Ann Burack-Weiss explores a rich variety of published memoirs by authors who cared for ill or disabled family members. Contrary to the common belief that caregiving is nothing more than a stressful situation to be endured, memoirs describe a life transforming experience-self-discovery, a reordering...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Columbia University Press eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013
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Burack-Weiss, Ann,
Place / Publishing House:New York, NY : : Columbia University Press, , [2006]
©2006
Year of Publication:2006
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (216 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Crystallized Love
  • Part 1. Care Situations
  • 1. Introduction: "The Flavor of the Name"
  • 2. Cancer: "Cancer's Gift"
  • 3. Dementia: "Everything Crumbles"
  • 4. HIV/AIDS: "Burden of a Secret"
  • 5. Mental Illness/Chemical Dependence: "Companion Demons"
  • Part 2. Care Relationships
  • 6. Introduction: "Spun in Love's Loom"
  • 7. Child Care: "An Unimagined Life"
  • 8. Sibling Care: "She Was My Parents' Child, and So Was I"
  • 9. Couple Care: "This Terrible Traffic Regulation"
  • 10. Parent Care: "The Consummate Act"
  • Part 3. The Memoirs
  • 11. Introduction: "Jointly Human"
  • 12. Memoirs in Brief: "Our Inward Journey"
  • 13. Epilogue 139
  • Appendix 1: The Memoirs, by Care Relationship and Care Situation
  • Notes
  • Sources Cited
  • Index

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