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I'll Be Seeing You
I'll Be Seeing You: A Memoir | Elizabeth Berg
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"For as long as Elizabeth can remember, she has watched her father trail after her mother, kissing her multiple times a day and holding her hand. She watched her mother smooth the lines in her father's face and pay attention to his every move, even when she was desperate for some time to herself. When her parents began to age, Elizabeth and her siblings are placed in the difficult position of taking over more and more supportive roles and tasks. They fix their parents' home, negotiate finances, eventually weather the back and forth of will they or won't they move into a nursing facility; finally they do. Berg gracefully takes readers through navigating the emotional and physical challenger of guiding parents through the final stages of life. In this touching and heart-warming memoir, Berg includes raw accounts of disagreements, encouraging stubborn parents, and dealing with her own heartache and loss. Berg confront both the realities of the situation and the brighter, happy, funny and endearing moments and memories"--
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Marquis784
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At 70, author Elizabeth Berg reflects on the decline of her aging parents back in 2010.It‘s a touching story of endurance and support as well as the frustrations that arise with aging.t is not a sappy love story about parents who “lived happily ever after” Most people would prefer to age gracefully with pride and dignity intact. It‘s a delicate, precarious balance to ensure that happens while maintaining the safety and support that is essential.

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I am usually a fan of memoirs, but didn't enjoy this one (even though I like the author's fiction). It's about the time in Berg's life when her parents are aging and her father starts the descent into Alzheimer's. One of her mom's sister dies and so the mom becomes depressed, but from Berg's perspective she thinks her mom is mad and angry. I know everyone's journey is different, but having recently been through this with my mom, I couldn't relate.

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