An Extra Pair of Hands: A story of Caring, Ageing and Everyday Acts of Love

By Kate Mosse

Book Overview

Here, Kate Mosse tells her personal story of finding herself as a carer in middle age: first, helping her mother look after her beloved father through Parkinson's, then supporting her mother in widowhood, and finally as 'an extra pair of hands' for her 90-year-old mother-in-law. This is a story about the gentle heroism of our carers, about small everyday acts of tenderness, and finding joy in times of crisis. It's about juggling priorities, mind-numbing repetition, about guilt and powerlessness, about grief, and the solace of nature when we're exhausted or at a loss. It is also about celebrating older people, about learning to live differently - and think differently about ageing. But most of all, it's a story about love.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1788162617
• ISBN13: 9781788162616
• Release Date: May 2022
• Publisher: Ips - Profile Books
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.1" x 7.9"