Moon in the Water

Reflections on an Aging Parent

Inbunden, Engelska, 2008

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Beskrivning

This is a book for every Boomer trying to balance their spiritual ideals of the '60s with the wearing realities of middle age. The author enlists the practical inspiration of Water-Moon Kuan Yin, a Buddhist goddess associated with compassion, to aid in the mundane challenges of caring for her aging father - transferring his health insurance, struggling with a wheelchair van, managing adult diapers, or playing in the fictions of his dementia.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2008-04-25
Mått:152 x 203 x 13 mm
Vikt:454 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:160
Förlag:Vanderbilt University Press
ISBN:9780826515865

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Kathy J. Phillips is Professor of English at the University of Hawai'i. Her most recent books are Manipulating Masculinity: War and Gender in Modern British and American Literature; This Isn't a Picture I'm Holding: Kuan Yin; and Virginia Woolf Against Empire.

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A welcome balm to those... on their own healing journey of caring. --Paula Arai ""The Moon in the Water invites people in to the spiritual and practical dimensions of care-giving, especially to elderly parents.... This book is a welcome balm to those who seek sustenance on their own healing journey of caring."" --Paula Arai, author of Women Living Zen: Japanese Soto Buddhist Nuns