Montpelier tomorrow
Subtitle: a novel
By: Marylee MacDonald
Publisher: All Things That Matter Press
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Somerville, ME
Language: eng
Number of pages: 320
ISBN-13: 9780990715818
Subjects: Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; Fiction; Patients; Caregivers; Terminally ill; Home care; Long-term care of the sick; Medical personnel-caregiver relationships; Medical care; Mothers and daughters; Grandmothers
Description: A gripping novel about a mid-life mother trying to make up for the one moment she failed her daughter. "Montpelier Tomorrow" asks the questions: How far should we go in trying to save our loved ones?; and, When should a mother save herself? When Colleen's son-in-law is diagnosed with ALS, she moves in to be his caregiver and discovers that her efforts to help only make her daughter's life more complicated.--Publisher.