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Mother Lode: Confessions of a Reluctant Caregiver

by Gretchen Staebler

2022 · Paperback, eBook, Audiobook

Mother Lode: Confessions of a Reluctant Caregiver

At about 60, Gretchen Staebler moved in to care for her 96-year-old mother through dementia. Written close to the events, the memoir is candid about the reluctance in its subtitle and about what caring for a parent at the end of life asks of a daughter.

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