An uncertain inheritance : writers on caring for family

Casey, Nell, 1971- (Added Author).

Record details

ISBN: 9780060875305 (hbk.) :
Physical Description: xvii,282 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
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Edition: First edition.
Publisher: New York, NY : William Morrow, [2007]
Copyright: ©2007

Content descriptions

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Includes bibliographical references.

Formatted Contents Note:

My other husband / Ann Harleman -- My father the garbage head / Helen Schulman -- Notes on accepting care / Andrew Solomon -- Called them vitamins / Steve Yadzinski -- The day the world split open / Abigail Thomas -- The gift / Sam Lipsyte -- The elephant in the room / Stan Mack -- Don't worry. It's not an emergency / Susan Lehman -- In the land of little girls / Ann Hood -- Caring across borders: aging parents in another country / Julia Alvarez -- Elliott / Jerome Groopman -- Mourning in Altaic / Ed Bok Lee -- The vital role / Amanda Fortini -- Transformed by a touch / Kerrel McKay -- Ruth / Justine Picardie -- Planet autism / Scot Sea -- The baby / Anne Landsman -- The animal game; or, how I learned to take care of myself by letting others care for me / Julia Glass.