{"product_id":"mothercare-on-obligation-love-death-and-ambivalence-paperback","title":"Mothercare: On Obligation, Love, Death, and Ambivalence - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eLynne Tillman\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eMothercare\u003c\/i\u003e represents an investigation of the question of duty, or conscience, what we owe or want to provide to the people in our lives. . . For a reader, there's something bracing about Tillman's honesty, which transforms \"Mothercare\" from a record or a logbook into a work of art.\" --David Ulin, \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFrom the brilliantly original novelist and cultural critic Lynne Tillman comes MOTHERCARE, an honest and beautifully written account of a sudden, drastically changed relationship to one's mother, and of the time and labor spent navigating the American healthcare system. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn Tillman's celebrated style and as a \"rich noticer of strange things\" (Colm Tb匤), she describes, without flinching, the unexpected, heartbreaking, and anxious eleven years of caring for a sick parent. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMOTHERCARE 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.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLynne Tillman\u003c\/b\u003e is a novelist, short story writer, and cultural critic. Her novels are \u003ci\u003eHaunted Houses; Motion Sickness; Cast in Doubt; No Lease on Life\u003c\/i\u003e, a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award; \u003ci\u003eAmerican Genius, A Comedy, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eMen and Apparitions\u003c\/i\u003e. Her nonfiction books include \u003ci\u003eThe Velvet Years: Warhol's Factory 1965-1967\u003c\/i\u003e, with photographs by Stephen Shore; \u003ci\u003eBookstore: The Life and Times of Jeannette Watson and Books \u0026amp; Co\u003c\/i\u003e.; and \u003ci\u003eWhat Would Lynne Tillman Do?\u003c\/i\u003e, a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award in Criticism. She is the recipient of a Guggenheim Foundation Fellowship and The Andy Warhol Foundation Arts Writers Grant. Tillman is Professor\/Writer-in-Residence in the Department of English at The University of Albany, and lives in New York with bass player David Hofstra.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 176\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.4 x 8.2 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 07, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51765010301216,"sku":"9781593767624","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/d59698548c8fdcf96d02d7df5b148772.webp?v=1780260340","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/mothercare-on-obligation-love-death-and-ambivalence-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}