Take me home
By: Tessa Cunningham
Publisher: Charnwood
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Leicester
Language: eng
Number of pages: 282
ISBN-13: 9781444814767
Subjects: Family; Fathers and daughters; Aging parents; Care; Large type books; Pères et filles; Livres en gros caractères; Large print books; Families
Description: When Tessa Cunningham's ninety-five-year-old father fell and broke his hip, a care home seemed the best option. But visiting him one day, Tessa saw in his eyes the yearning he was too proud to articulate: Please take me home. Tessa had just recovered from breast cancer, was in the throes of getting divorced and her daughters were soon to leave home. Yet she found herself moving her dad in, along with his zimmer frame, collection of hearing aid batteries and tins of Black Bullet mints. And in the months that followed, his unexpected wisdom and irrepressible ebullience helped to heal Tessa's pain.
Notes: Originally published: London: Sidgwick & Jackson, 2012.