Oomen, Anne-Marie

Summary: "Writer Pam Houston once summed it up, "Nice mother-daughter stories are a dime a dozen; pain-in-the ass mother-daughter stories are the ones that grab us." As Long as I Know You makes a compelling read for any adult grappling with a living elder who might also be a pain in the ass, particularly, any reader who wants a tender take on the lethal combination of dementia and defiance. As Long as I...

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Publisher / Publication Date: The University of Georgia Press 2022

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1 available in Local Author, Call number: 920 OOM
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 920 OOM
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McPhee, Martha

Summary: "A long-awaited memoir from an award-winning novelist--a candid, riveting account of her complicated, bohemian childhood and her return home to care for her ailing mother. In March 2020, Martha McPhee, her husband, and their two almost-grown children set out for her childhood home in New Jersey, where she finds herself grappling simultaneously with a mother slipping into severe dementia and a...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Scribner, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, Inc. 2023

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 MCPHEE, MARTHA MCP

Chast, Roz

Summary: "In her first memoir, Roz Chast brings her signature wit to the topic of aging parents. Spanning the last several years of their lives and told through four-color cartoons, family photos, and documents, and a narrative as rife with laughs as it is with tears, Chast's memoir is both comfort and comic relief for anyone experiencing the life-altering loss of elderly parents. When it came to her...

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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 CHA

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 CHAST, ROZ CHA

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Mulgrew, Kate

Summary: "In this profoundly honest and examined memoir about returning to Iowa to care for her ailing parents, the star of Orange Is the New Black and New York Times bestselling author of Born with Teeth takes us on an unexpected journey of loss, betrayal, and the transcendent nature of a daughter's love for her parents"--

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Publisher / Publication Date: William Morrow 2018

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 MULGREW, KATE MUL