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My Mother's Requiem: A Daughter's Memoir
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Publisher Price: $19.99
Publisher: Prism Light Press
Published: Jan 8 2024
Pages: 330
Weight: 0.76
Height: 0.82 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
A daughter's memoir of sacrifice and discovery as her ailing mother's caretaker is an inspiring story of love, loss and the ravages of aging (Kirkus).
Like all mothers, mine had a set of maxims that she thought were important to impart to me: if you can't say anything nice, then don't satay anything at all (unless it's irresistibly funny); it's as easy to fall in love with a rich man as it is with a poor man (a nice idea in theory); if you want to commit suicide, wait until tomorrow (advice which has, it turns out, saved my life).
Like many daughters of elderly parents, Trish MacEnulty finds herself in a maze of healthcare negotiations and surprising discoveries when her mother can no longer care for herself. Trish's mother, who stood by her through her darkest years, was a small-town icon as a composer, pianist, organist, and musical director. She is suddenly unable to be the accomplished, independent person she once was. Now Trish has two goals: to help her daughter avoid the mistakes that derailed her own life, and to see her mother's masterpiece, An American Requiem, find a new life and a new audience in her mother's lifetime. Along the way, Trish rediscovers her own strength, humor, and rebelliousness at the most unlikely moments.
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