Unwilling Care
by (english) Reluctant Caregiver
About This Novel
How can we protect our parents and put aside our own anxieties at the same time? "Reluctant Care" began as an article in The Guardian and went viral in January 2019. It tells the story of an anonymous middle-aged man who moves back in with his elderly and ailing parents, describing his experience of returning to his childhood home to care for his increasingly frail parents while his personal and professional life fell apart. This book is unfolded in the form of a diary, with four parts in total, recording the daily life of caring for parents in the past two years from November 2017 to July 2019. The story begins with a phone call. The 87-year-old father was sent to the hospital due to a heart attack, leaving the 89-year-old mother alone at home. So the author packed a small bag and went home to help. But his life falls apart just as quickly as his parents' health... The author is trapped in the house where you grew up, re-living with the people who raised him, and everything is testing his sanity and patience. In order to relieve his inner depression, the author soothes himself by writing a diary. His diary is full of candid and cruel analyzes of himself, true records of life, and British humor that makes people cry and laugh at the same time. After understanding, you will feel relieved.
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