So far away
Subtitle: a daughter's memoir of life, loss, and love
By: Christine W. Hartmann
Publisher: Vanderbilt University Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Nashville
Language: eng
Number of pages: 209
ISBN-13: 9780826517951; 9780826517968
Subjects: Adult children of aging parents; Family; Terminal care; Fathers and daughters; Aging parents; Mothers and daughters; Biography; Care
Description: "A tale of two parents' very different end-of-life journeys and the daughter who survived them. For twenty years, Irmgard Hartmann maintained an unwavering goal: to commit suicide at age seventy. Her daughter, Christine, fought desperately against the decision. When Irmgard wouldn't reconsider, the only way to remain part of her life was for Christine to swallow her mother's plans hook, line, and sinker. Christine's father, as it turned out, prepared too slowly for old age. Before he had made any decision, fate disabled him through a series of strokes. He was confined to a nursing home, severely impaired by dementia, and frustrated by his circumstances. His life epitomized the predicament Christine's mother wanted to avoid."--Page 4 of cover.