The Moon in the Water - Kathy J. Phillips

The Moon in the Water

Reflections on an Aging Parent
Buch | Hardcover
96 Seiten
2008
Vanderbilt University Press (Verlag)
978-0-8265-1586-5 (ISBN)
85,95 inkl. MwSt
Enlists the practical inspiration of Water-Moon Kuan Yin, a Buddhist goddess associated with compassion, to aid in the mundane challenges of caring for her aging father - transferring his health insurance, struggling with a wheelchair van, managing adult diapers, or playing in the fictions of his dementia.
This is a book for every Boomer trying to balance their spiritual ideals of the '60s with the wearing realities of middle age. The author enlists the practical inspiration of Water-Moon Kuan Yin, a Buddhist goddess associated with compassion, to aid in the mundane challenges of caring for her aging father - transferring his health insurance, struggling with a wheelchair van, managing adult diapers, or playing in the fictions of his dementia.

Kathy J. Phillips is Professor of English at the University of Hawai'i. Her most recent books are Manipulating Masculinity: War and Gender in Modern British and American Literature; This Isn't a Picture I'm Holding: Kuan Yin; and Virginia Woolf Against Empire.

Erscheint lt. Verlag 15.6.2008
Zusatzinfo 10 b&w illustrations
Verlagsort Tennessee
Sprache englisch
Maße 155 x 211 mm
Gewicht 366 g
Themenwelt Sachbuch/Ratgeber Gesundheit / Leben / Psychologie Familie / Erziehung
Sachbuch/Ratgeber Gesundheit / Leben / Psychologie Lebenshilfe / Lebensführung
ISBN-10 0-8265-1586-X / 082651586X
ISBN-13 978-0-8265-1586-5 / 9780826515865
Zustand Neuware
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