The Reluctant Carer
06 July 2023Imprint: Picador
Synopsis
An irresistibly moving, funny and urgent memoir about the reality of caring for your parents, when you can barely care for yourself.
‘Hilarious, bitter, poignant and profound, this is the human condition laid brilliantly bare, like an existential soap opera – only with more laughs.‘ - Philip Hoare, author of Leviathan
It was the kind of phone call we all dread. Your...
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06 July 2023320 pages
9781529029390Imprint: Picador
Reviews
It's the wisest, funniest, bravest and most essential life story I've read. I bloody love this book.Frank Cottrell-Boyce
Brave, unflinching and funny . . . This is a troubling but important read; an honest, warts and all glimpse into the reality of unpaid caring. It left me full of respect for those who care and seething that the system isn’t giving them the support and encouragement they so obviously need.Jan Carson, The Irish Times
An astonishing and crucial memoir exploring the outer limits of familial love. The Reluctant Carer recounts a personal nightmare any of us could face with humour, heart and total honesty, asking vital questions of elderly care, where we’re at now, and where, one day, we will all be. How it’s as funny as it is moving is beyond me. I loved this bookDavid Whitehouse, author of About A Son
Simultaneously delightfully funny and profoundly sad, the RC's book is a tonic that should be prescribed on the NHS for carers everywhere.TLS
