When I Married My Mother: A Daughter's Search for What Really Matters—and How She Found It Caring for Mama Jo
Jo Maeder, 2009
Beulahland Press (2013 Paperback)
304 pp.
ISBN-13: 9780985548216
Summary
Who would think a New Yorker caring for a declining, doll-collecting, hoarder mother in the South would turn into the adventure of a lifetime? Throw in bingo playin' drag queens, long-standing family feuds, and unresolved guilt in every direction—and you've got When I Married My Mother.
Each eldercare situation is different, but the emotions and decisions that need to be made are similar. Through a hard-to-put-down story this book is a helping hand to deal with "the long goodbye." Don't dread it. Embrace it! You might find love blooms, laughter erupts and self-knowledge grows in the most unlikely of situations.
Even those who have already lost a parent have found a cathartic release in the journey of Mama Jo and Jo Jr. (From the publisher.)