An Extra Pair of Hands

Emma — Thu, 24 Mar 2022 00:00:00 +0000

‘Inspiring’ GUARDIAN’Heartbreaking’ INDEPENDENT’I loved it’ ADAM KAY’Beautiful’ MATT HAIG’Luminous’ NICCI GERRARD’Essential reading’ MADELEINE BUNTING’A celebration’ CHRISTIE WATSON—–A Best Book for Summer in The Times, Guardian and The iIndependent Book of the Month—–Caring is an issue that affects us all – as bestselling novelist Kate Mosse knows all too well. Kate has cared in turn for her father and mother, and for Granny Rosie, her 90-year-old mother-in-law. Along the way she has experienced the joys, challenges and frustrations shared by an invisible army of carers. At the heart of this care lie everyday acts of love, and the realisation that, sooner or later, most of us will come to rely on an extra pair of hands.—– ‘Lifts the spirits without pulling punches’ IAN RANKIN ‘Irresistible’ RACHEL JOYCE ‘Questions how and why we fetishise independence when the reality of human experience is always interdependence’ GUARDIAN, BOOK OF THE DAY ‘Heartfelt, funny and at times heartbreaking. 10/10’ INDEPENDENT ‘Utterly beautiful’ FRANCESCA SEGAL

An Extra Pair of Hands

Emma — Thu, 03 Jun 2021 00:00:00 +0000

‘Inspiring’ GUARDIAN ‘Heartbreaking’ INDEPENDENT ‘I loved it’ ADAM KAY’Beautiful’ MATT HAIG’Luminous’ NICCI GERRARD’Essential reading’ MADELEINE BUNTING’A celebration’ CHRISTIE WATSON—–A Best Book for Summer 2021 in the Times, Guardian, and The iIndependent Book of the Month—–As our population ages, more and more of us find ourselves caring for parents and loved ones – some 8.8 million people in the UK. An invisible army of carers holding families together.Here, Kate Mosse tells her personal story of finding herself as a carer in middle age: first, helping her mother look after her beloved father through Parkinson’s, then supporting her mother in widowhood, and finally as ‘an extra pair of hands’ for her 90-year-old mother-in-law.This is a story about the gentle heroism of our carers, about small everyday acts of tenderness, and finding joy in times of crisis. It’s about juggling priorities, mind-numbing repetition, about guilt and powerlessness, about grief, and the solace of nature when we’re exhausted or at a loss. It is also about celebrating older people, about learning to live differently – and think differently about ageing.But most of all, it’s a story about love.—–‘Lifts the spirits without pulling punches’ IAN RANKIN’Irresistible’ RACHEL JOYCE’Questions how and why we fetishise independence when the reality of human experience is always interdependence’ GUARDIAN, BOOK OF THE DAY’Heartfelt, funny and at times heartbreaking. 10/10′ INDEPENDENT

Nursing & ancillary services – The Bell Bookshop

An Extra Pair of Hands

An Extra Pair of Hands