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Synopsis
As summer fades and the first hints of autumn appear, Ellen Terich receives an unexpected and troubling telephone call from her eighty-year-old mother who has suddenly become too ill to care for herself and her disabled husband. Ellen's mother is eventually diagnosed with a terminal disease, and a few months later, her father's diagnosis of Parkinson's disease is revised to an even more devastating neurological disorder. As an only surviving child, Ellen puts her life on hold to care for them. Over the next eighteen months, the three family members ride a roller coaster of hope and despair as they struggle to cope with illness, disability, and the end of life, even as they relive the circumstances that fractured the family forty years before, when Ellen's twenty-year-old-brother died. This story of loss and sorrow is also one of hope and healing, a story that will resonate with the millions of daughters and sons who care for their parents in their declining years.
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About the Author
Ellen Terich is a mother, grandmother, gardener, and retired psychotherapist and educator. She lives in Southern California with her husband, Anthony.
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- PublisherCreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
- Publication date2011
- ISBN 10 1467910953
- ISBN 13 9781467910958
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages248
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