Title Living in the Land of Limbo : Fiction and Poetry About Family Caregiving / Carol Levine, editor

Published Nashville : Vanderbilt University Press, 2013

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Description 1 online resource Contents Cover -- Title Page -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Family Caregivers in Fiction and Poetry -- Part I. Children of Aging Parents -- 1. Diem Perdidi by Julie Otsuka -- 2. Whosoever: The Language of Mothers and Sons by Rick Moody -- 3. The Third Dumpster by Gish Jen -- 4. Water by Li-Young Lee -- 5. Lucky by Tony Hoagland -- 6. Fathers and Sons by David Mason -- 7. Yesterday by W.S. Merwin -- 8. Ode to Meaning by Robert Pinsky -- 9. Buckdancerâ€?s Choice by James Dickey -- 10. Where the Groceries Went by Raymond Carver Part II. Husbands and Wives11. Mrs. Cassidyâ€?s Last Year by Mary Gordon -- 12. We Are Nighttime Travelers by Ethan Canin -- 13. The Ship Pounding by Donald Hall -- 14. The Sick Wife by Jane Kenyon -- 15. Alzheimerâ€?s: The Wife for Renée Mauger by C.K. Williams -- 16. Alzheimerâ€?s: The Husband for Jean Mauger by C.K. Williams -- 17. The Bear Came Over the Mountain by Alice Munro -- 18. Thoreauâ€?s Laundry by Ann Harleman -- 19. The Yawn by Rachel Hadas -- 20. Mrs. Dumpty by Chana Bloch -- 21. Visiting Hours Are Over by Chana Bloch 22. He Read to Her by Anne BrashlerPart III. Parents and Sick Children -- 23. How to Win by Rosellen Brown -- 24. People Like That Are the Only People Here by Lorrie Moore -- 25. Childrenâ€?s Ward by Sarah Day -- 26. Parents Support Group by Dick Allen -- 27. Starter by Amy Hanridge -- Part IV. Relatives, Lovers, and Friends -- 28. The Closet by Allegra Goodman -- 29. The Caregiver by Eugenia Collier -- 30. Atlantis by Mark Doty -- 31. Oceanic Hotel, Nice by Tereze GluÌ?ck -- Part V. Paid Caregivers -- 32. A Pension Plan by Ha Jin 33. A Bad Day for Pisces by Fran Pokras Yariv34. Wheelchair by Lewis Nordan -- 35. Godâ€?s Goodness: A Short Story by Marjorie Kemper -- Resources -- Contributors Summary "The first anthology of short stories and poems about family caregivers. The authors explore caregivers' experiences as they deal with family conflicts, the complexities of the health care system, and the impact of their choices on their lives and the lives of others"-- Provided by publisher Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Print version record Subject Families -- Literary collections Care of the sick -- Literary collections Caregivers' writings, American. Caregivers -- Literary collections Families. Nuclear families. Caregivers Family Nuclear Family LITERARY CRITICISM -- American -- General. MEDICAL / Caregiving Nuclear families Care of the sick Caregivers Caregivers' writings, American Families Pflegeperson Familienangehöriger Chronische Krankheit Genre/Form novels. Novels Fiction Literary collections Novels. Fiction. Romans. Form Electronic book Author Levine, Carol, 1934- editor. ISBN 9780826519719 0826519717 1306456509 9781306456500 0826519695 9780826519696 0826519709 9780826519702

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