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Mothercare by Lynne Tillman

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Also by Lynne Tillman:

Thrilled to Death, April 2025
Hardcover / e-Book
Mothercare, August 2022
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Mothercare
Lynne Tillman

On Obligation, Love, Death, and Ambivalence

Soft Skull
August 2022
On Sale: August 2, 2022
176 pages
ISBN: 159376717X
EAN: 9781593767174
Kindle: B09NVH2TKT
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Non-Fiction Biography | Non-Fiction Memoir

When a mother’s unusual health condition, normal pressure hydrocephalus, renders her entirely dependent on you, your sisters, caregivers, and companions, the unthinkable becomes daily life. In MOTHERCARE, Tillman describes doing what seems impossible: handling her mother as if she were a child and coping with a longtime ambivalence toward her.

In Tillman’s celebrated style and as a “rich noticer of strange things” (Colm Tóibín), she describes, without flinching, the unexpected, heartbreaking, and anxious eleven years of caring for a sick parent.

MOTHERCARE is both a cautionary tale and sympathetic guidance for anyone who suddenly becomes a caregiver. This story may be helpful, informative, consoling, or upsetting, but it never fails to underscore how impossible it is to get the job done completely right.

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