Love and care / Shaun Deeney.
By: Deeney, Shaun.
Publisher: Endeavour, 2023Description: 336 pages ; 20 cm.ISBN: 9781913068455 (pbk.) :; 1913068455 (pbk.) :.Subject(s): Deeney, Shaun | Deeney, Shaun -- Family | Aging parents -- Care | Adult children of aging parents -- Family relationships | Mothers and sons | Alzheimer's & dementia | Separation & divorce: advice & issues | Intergenerational relationships: advice & issuesDDC classification: 306.8743092 Summary: Shaun Deeney has just embarked on a new life in France. His two daughters are grown-up, he has survived a divorce and he is hoping he might find love one last time. But the sudden death of his father changes everything. With his mother in a care home, Shaun knows he has a choice to make: does he leave her there, or give up his new-found freedom to care for her in the home she once shared with his father? 'Love & Care' charts their first year living together; the changing seasons framing their relationship. Will he cope and prove the doubters wrong? What will it mean for his chances of finding love? Shaun's search for love becomes entwined with reflections on his parents' own marriage.Item type | Home library | Class number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item reservations | |
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Adult book | Haydock Library Adult Non-Fiction | 306.874 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 38055400021361 |
Originally published: 2021.
Shaun Deeney has just embarked on a new life in France. His two daughters are grown-up, he has survived a divorce and he is hoping he might find love one last time. But the sudden death of his father changes everything. With his mother in a care home, Shaun knows he has a choice to make: does he leave her there, or give up his new-found freedom to care for her in the home she once shared with his father? 'Love & Care' charts their first year living together; the changing seasons framing their relationship. Will he cope and prove the doubters wrong? What will it mean for his chances of finding love? Shaun's search for love becomes entwined with reflections on his parents' own marriage.