000 01322nam a22002177a 4500
003 OSt
005 20260323084027.0
008 260323b |||||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d
020 _a9780857059123
040 _aKenya National Library Service
082 _a813.54 HAY
100 _a Hay, Elizabeth,
_eauthor.
245 _aAll things consoled :
_b a daughter's memoir /
_cElizabeth Hay.
300 _a251 pages ;
_c22 cm.
520 _aFrom Elizabeth Hay, one of Canada's most celebrated novelists, comes a startling and beautiful memoir about the drama of her parents' end, and the longer drama of being their daughter. Jean and Gordon Hay were a formidable pair. She was an artist and superlatively frugal; he was a proud and principled schoolteacher with an explosive temper. Elizabeth, the so-called difficult child, always suspected she would end up caring for them in their final years, in part to atone for her childhood sins. Philip Roth once said, 'Old age is a massacre'. 'All Things Consoled' takes you inside the massacre as Hay's ferociously independent parents become increasingly dependent on her.
650 _aAdult children of aging parents
_zCanada
_vBiography.
650 _aAging parents
_x Care.
942 _2ddc
_cBK
_n0
999 _c491620
_d491620