TY - BOOK ID - 86049003 TI - How I lost my mother : a story of life, care and dying PY - 2021 SN - 1776146964 1776146948 PB - Johannesburg : Wits University Press, DB - UniCat KW - Terminally ill KW - Care KW - Swartz, Leslie, KW - Dying persons KW - Fatally ill KW - Critically ill KW - Death KW - Mother and child. KW - Families. KW - Bereavement. KW - Jews KW - Child and mother KW - Mother-child relationship KW - Mothers and children KW - Parent and child KW - Loss of loved ones by death KW - Consolation KW - Loss (Psychology) KW - Family KW - Families KW - Family life KW - Family relationships KW - Family structure KW - Relationships, Family KW - Structure, Family KW - Social institutions KW - Birth order KW - Domestic relations KW - Home KW - Households KW - Kinship KW - Marriage KW - Matriarchy KW - Parenthood KW - Patriarchy KW - Social aspects KW - Social conditions KW - Family. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:86049003 AB - How I Lost My Mother is a deeply felt account of the relationship between a mother and son, and an exploration of what care for the dying means in contemporary society. The book is emotionally complex - funny, sad and angry - but above all, heartfelt and honest. It speaks boldly of challenges faced by all of us, challenges which are often not spoken about and hidden, but which deserve urgent attention. This is first and foremost a work of the heart, a reflection on what relationships mean and should mean. There is much in the book about relationships of care and exploitation in southern Africa, and about white Jewish identity in an African context. But despite the specific and absorbing references to places and contexts, the book offers a broader, more universal view. All parents of adult children, and all adults who have parents alive, or have lost their parents, will find much in this book to make them laugh, cry, think and feel. ER -