Elizabeth Berg's Book: "I'll Be Seeing You". Profound for all caregivers

And for the more snarky among us who want to laugh a little through the anguish of caregiving, I highly recommend Roz Chast's book about caring for her aging parents, "Can't We Talk About Something More Pleasant?"

The reviewer from the St. Louis Post-Dispatch absolutely nailed it:

"Devastatingly good . . . Anyone who has had Chast’s experience will devour this book and cling to it for truth, humor, understanding, and the futile wish that it could all be different."

Thanks Alvadeer,
I found that title available at my library. It must be popular because they have 33 copies. I reserved one. I'm not against tearing up when I hear real life stories- been there.

MJ I love Roz Chast's book. When my bro was losing his last little home, of all the books I had sent to HIM, that was one of the few I lugged back home in my overstuffed luggage full of his life from his dog tags and first wooden carved dog to his scrapbook of his life's love. It is wonderful and I wouldn't let it out of my library for anything. What I remember the most in it is the Mom busting her hip, telling Roz "I was doing the stork." How many times, now, at 78 do I do the stork and scold myself, knowing, when I got down it will do my hip!

More for the reading list.. thank you!

Sounds like an interesting read.

Thanks for this, I have read her before usually getting book on CD to listen to in car on road trip. On a related note, I enjoyed the Departure Zone or similar and forgetting author...but the part that always sticks with me is this woman/daughter/caregiver comes in from out of town during that crisis we all dread....and her mother is in the hospital proclaiming loudly that she wants an autopsy!