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Four books on life changes reviewed by Susan Olasky

An Uncertain Inheritance: Writers on Caring for Family | edited by Nell Casey

Most of the essays in this book draw the reader into the writers' experience as care givers, often to an elderly parent slipping into Alzheimer's, or dying from cancer or other prolonged diseases. Novelist Julia Glass' essay, which concludes the book, tells how hard it is to receive care. The writers generally chronicle their experiences without trying to tidy them up. They are honest about their struggles with weariness, anger, and bouts of depression. Several of the essayists are downright unpleasant—and yet together they open a window on a passageway nearly all of us will travel, either as givers or receivers.

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