An uncertain inheritance : writers on caring for family

Casey, Nell, 1971- (Added Author).

Record details

ISBN: 9780060875305 (hbk.)
ISBN: 9780060875312 (pbk.)
ISBN: 0060875305 (hbk.)
ISBN: 0060875313 (pbk.)
Physical Description: print
xvii, 282 p. : ill ; 24 cm.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: New York : William Morrow, c2007.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references.

Formatted Contents Note:

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