The mercy papers a memoir of three weeks
With a striking mix of humor and honesty, Romm ushers us into a world where an obstinate hospice nurse tries to heal through pamphlets and a yelping grandfather squirrels away money in a shoe-shine kit. Untrained dogs scamper about as strangers and friends rally around death, offering sympathy as th...
| Main Author: | Romm, Robin. |
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
New York :
Scribner,
c2009.
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| Summary: |
With a striking mix of humor and honesty, Romm ushers us into a world where an obstinate hospice nurse tries to heal through pamphlets and a yelping grandfather squirrels away money in a shoe-shine kit. Untrained dogs scamper about as strangers and friends rally around death, offering sympathy as they clamor for attention. The pillbox turns quickly into a metaphor for order; questions about medication turn to musings about God. The mundane and spiritual melt together as Romm reveals the sharp truths that lurk around every corner and captures, with great passion, the awe, fear, and fury of a daughter losing her mother.--From publisher description. |
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| Physical Description: |
213 p. ; 22 cm. |
| ISBN: |
1416567887 9781416567882 |