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Out Of Winter By Carol Lee (Hardback, 2014)
'A beautifully written bookEssential reading' John Humphrys'Carol Lee is a courageous writer This book is both tender and tough-minded in its record of one woman's day by day journey through a universal experience' Maggie GeeIn a candid portrayal of the last years of her parents' lives Carol Lee confronts the sense of loss - and longing - at the heart of her family and perhaps all families They have often lived separately - in the UK Africa Egypt and the Middle East her father's sudden illness and her mother's gradual memory loss bringing them together Returning with her brother as adult 'children' - roles and boundaries between all of them changed - guilt and anger play their part in the two and a half years which follow But Carol finds delight too in stories of her mother practising
tango in the tiny kitchen of her childhood home and she is humbled by her father's courage Snowbound winters beach walks in Wales and African times are captured in this account of the turmoil of long-distance care Along the road back to a parent's house matters of memory identity grief - and renewal - are woven through four people's lives to reveal a rich legacy from the past
tango in the tiny kitchen of her childhood home and she is humbled by her father's courage Snowbound winters beach walks in Wales and African times are captured in this account of the turmoil of long-distance care Along the road back to a parent's house matters of memory identity grief - and renewal - are woven through four people's lives to reveal a rich legacy from the past
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