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Book SynopsisTrade ReviewAt a mere 81 pages, this book merits consideration in a wide array of disciplines as an ancillary text... here is a small memoir crafted not by a scholar of aging or an everyday caregiver but by a professor with an English degree, someone who can turn mere words into powerful swords, conveying deep meanings. It can be recommended as a resource for caregivers, caregiving support groups, and families of stroke survivors... -- Carol A. Gosselink * PsycCRITIQUES *
As her book shows through wrenching examples, care for her father is necessary, required and urgent, but women are not always in a position to give it freely. -- Summer/Fall 2007 * Mothering, Race, Ethnicity, Culture and Class *
As her book shows through wrenching examples, care for her father is necessay, required, and urgent, but women are not always in a position to give it freely. * Journal Of The Association For Research On Mothering, March 2008 *
The everydayness of the experience of Gerber's…work offers some of the most fertile ground for feminist analysis within and outside of women's studies courses. [It offers]…a rich and meaningful way to analyze rigorously the role of dutiful daughter, the evolution of the U.S. health care system, and the complexity of family dynamics. -- Annie Dollin, Northern Kentucky University * Feminist Formations *
