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They left us everything a memoir

"A warm, heartfelt memoir of family, loss, and a house jam-packed with decades of goods and memories. After almost twenty years of caring for elderly parents--first for their senile father, and then for their cantankerous ninety-three-year old mother--author Plum Johnson and her three younger brothe...

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Main Author: Johnson, Plum (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : G.P. Putnam's Sons, 2016.
Edition:First G.P. Putnam's Sons edition.
Subjects:
Adult children of aging parents > Family relationships > Canada.
Caregivers > Canada > Biography.
Aging parents > Care > Canada.
Parent and adult child.
Families > Psychological aspects.
House selling > Psychological aspects.
House furnishings > Psychological aspects.
Personal belongings > Psychological aspects.
Autobiographies.
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Table of Contents:
  • Never Mind the Dog
  • Part I. Endings
  • Mum's Will
  • Hornet's Nest
  • Point O' View
  • Dancing Till the End
  • Good-bye, Mum
  • Part II. Inheritance
  • Other Mothers
  • Unpacking the Past
  • A Fate Worse Than Death
  • Appraisals
  • Buried Treasure
  • Part III. Dispersal
  • Two Weddings and a Funeral
  • Dividing What Remains
  • Earthquake
  • Careful What You Wish For
  • Separation
  • Hong Kong Farewell
  • One Last Look.

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