Passages in Caregiving, Gail Sheehy
Passages in Caregiving, Gail Sheehy
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Passages in Caregiving
Turning Chaos into Confidence

Author: Gail Sheehy

Narrator: Gail Sheehy

Unabridged: 12 hr 41 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: HarperAudio

Published: 06/08/2010

Includes: Bonus Material Bonus Material Included

Synopsis

“One of those rare books that can drastically lighten even the heaviest of loads.”
—Rosalynn Carter “Trust me: there is no better guide to caregiving.”
 —Bill Moyers Gail Sheehy, author of the groundbreaking Passages—which was a New York Times bestseller for more than three years—now brings us Passages in Caregiving. In this essential guide, the acclaimed expert on the now aging Baby Boomer generation outlines nine crucial steps for effective, successful family caregiving, turning chaos into confidence during this most crucial of life stages. 

About Gail Sheehy

Gail Sheehy is the author of seventeen books, including the classic New York Times bestseller Passages, named one of the ten most influential books of our times by the Library of Congress. A multiple-award-winning literary journalist, she was one of the original contributors to New York magazine and has been a contributing editor to Vanity Fair since 1984. A popular lecturer, Sheehy was named AARP's Ambassador of Caregiving in 2009.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Lori

Forget "It" and "Intensity" and "Rosemary's Baby and every other horror story that has ever kept me awake at night. I am sure Gail Sheehy did not mean to do this -- but Passages in Caregiving disturbed me to my core. This is not the author's fault. She seems to be quite a compassionate, competent, s......more

Goodreads review by Jami

Someone gave me this book about five years ago and I just wasn’t ready for it then. My dad and I were already in a daily caregiving situation with my mom, but I didn’t want to read about that while I was mentally and emotionally consumed by it. I wasn’t in denial about things; I knew we were in the......more

Goodreads review by Artemis

I prospered emotionally from reading this book. I am currently in the midst of caring for my mother and immersed in much of the same turmoil and chaos that Sheehy illustrates. By identifying these issues and finding that I am not alone in my conflicting feelings was extremely enlightening. This book......more

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