Next Chapter: Caregiving (Fiction and Nonfiction)
Caregiving can be an emotional, financial, medical, and legal rollercoaster. This list focuses on caregiving for adults – our parents, family members and friends. Created by librarians at The Seattle Public Library. (Created by the Older Adults Program Manager, September 2023)
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The Shore
Fiction. When their father, the owner of a beachside real estate company, develops a brain tumor, needing constant care, siblings Liz and Evy still seek out summer adventures while their mother tries to keep it together, wishing to leave the beach behind her. (NoveList)
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The Elderwise Way
Nonfiction. Sandy Sabersky is the founding director of Elderwise, a Seattle area model adult day program for elders experiencing memory loss. She outlines her philosophy of spirit-centered care and the creation of person-centered relationships and community.
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Say Say Say
Fiction. Working as a caregiver in the home of a retired carpenter and his accident-disabled wife, an aspiring artist is deeply moved by the couple's devotion, which unconsciously impacts her relationship with her girlfriend. (NoveList)
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The Upside
Nonfiction. The former pickpocket and charismatic scam artist whose friendship with a disabled French aristocrat inspired a popular motion picture recalls his youth as an Algerian immigrant in Paris and the famous friendship that would change his life. (NoveList) This was made into an award-winning film French film titled "The Intouchables.”
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Mother Lode
Nonfiction. A debut memoir of caregiving that addresses issues of life and death in a direct and hopeful way…An affecting and informative remembrance that centers on a mother-daughter connection. (Kirkus)
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The Unexpected Journey of Caring
Nonfiction. A guide to finding personal meaning in the 21st century care experience describes how to actively reclaim and remake how caregivers think of themselves, their care situation, and their capacities to provide care for their loved one and themselves. (NoveList)
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Already Toast
Nonfiction. Despite feeling profoundly alone while providing care to her sick husband, a writer discusses how she discovered she was one of millions of exhausted and stressed unpaid caregivers in America and argues that more should be done to support them. (NoveList)
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The Frederick Sisters Are Living the Dream
Fiction. A funny, occasionally romantic, novel about how one woman's life is turned upside down when she becomes caregiver to her sister with special needs. (NoveList)
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