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Morton, Brian, 1955-
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Morton, Brian, 1955-
Morton, Brian, 1955- -- Family.
Morton, Tasha.
Mothers and sons -- Biography.
Parent and adult child -- Biography.
Aging parents -- Care -- Biography.
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Morton, Brian, 1955-
Morton, Brian, 1955-
Morton, Brian, 1955- -- Family.
Morton, Tasha.
Mothers and sons -- Biography.
Parent and adult child -- Biography.
Aging parents -- Care -- Biography.
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Tasha : a son's memoir / Brian Morton.
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Morton, Brian, 1955-
Avid Reader Press, 2022.
Call #:
306
.8740846
M889t
Subjects
Morton, Brian, 1955-
Morton, Brian, 1955- -- Family.
Morton, Tasha.
Mothers and sons -- Biography.
Parent and adult child -- Biography.
Aging parents -- Care -- Biography.
ISBN:
9781982178932 (hc.)
Edition:
1st Avid Reader Press hardcover ed.
Description:
199 p. ; 23 cm.
Summary:
In this surprising portrait of an unforgettable woman, her son explores the lessons he learned from his mother, presents a stark look at caring for an elderly parent and offers a meditation on the business of trying to honor ourselves without forsaking our parents.
"Tasha Morton is a force of nature: a brilliant educator who's left her mark on generations of students -- and also a whirlwind of a mother, intrusive, chaotic, oppressively devoted, and irrepressible. For decades, her son Brian has kept her at a self-protective distance, but when her health begins to fail, he knows it's time to assume responsibility for her care. Even so, he's not prepared for what awaits him, as her refusal to accept her own fragility leads to a series of epic outbursts and altercations that are sometimes frightening, sometimes wildly comic, and sometimes both. Clear-eyed, loving, and brimming with dark humor, 'Tasha' is both a vivid account of an unforgettable woman and a stark look at the impossible task of caring for an elderly parent in a country whose unofficial motto is 'you're on your own.' Turning his novelist's eye on his own life, Brian Morton lays bare teh treacherous business at the heart of every family -- the business of trying to honor ourselves without forsaking our parents, and our parents without forsaking ourselves."-- Jacket.
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