Not Yet: A Care-giving Collage
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| Rating | : | 4.94 (513 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1936205491 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 136 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-11-25 |
| Language | : | English |
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A Beautiful Collection Betheena This collection of poems doesn't leave you the same person. The words seem to transcend their own meaning as the reader's own breath races. The profound issues of Alzheimer's and care giving are offered up so gracefully while demanding our complete attention. This is necessary reading.. Amazing!! Wils The book is wonderful - moving, expressive, filled with love. I listened to the CD twice - You are great reading your own poetry, not everyone can do that.Congratulations on this success all the way around!!!. Dreamweaver said An authentic path thru the maze. Marcia Slatkin's sensuous, direct, soulful and honest story of caring for her declining mother simply tells it all, going down so many of the byways and pains and rewards of caring for a parent with perhaps any form of dementia, or even stroke. It helps me with my mother's changes, and I consider giving my children a copy of how I hope they will care for me if the occasion arises. I think of friends sharing in this dilemma as well who might benefit. Slatkin's images provide me with unforgettable landmarks on the journey that opens for so many of us:"her heart-shaped face held b
They will speak to, console, and inspire you about the brutal, heart rending reality and reward of caring for someone with Alzheimer's."--Phillip Levine, poetry editor, Chronogram.These 96 poems about Marcia Slatkin's mother's Alzheimer's disease take us into new territory--not hospital or hospice but the intimate daily world of care-giving where we find not only the ravages of this illness, but also the possibility of grace .. "The poems are honest, raw, close to the heart
Each short poem evokes a specific, immediate emotional tableau. Much of the imagery is haunting. NOT YET: A Care-Giving Collage - Kirkus' ReviewIn free verse, Slatkin's spare voice effectively conjures both mood and setting. A sharp, luminescent examination of a mother in decline, a complex relationship, and Alzheimer's care-giving.