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How to forget : a daughter's memoir / Kate Mulgrew.
Van Pelt Library PN2287.M785 A3 2019
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Mulgrew, Kate, 1955- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Mulgrew, Kate, 1955-.
- Aging parents--Care.
- Families.
- Iowa.
- United States.
- Mulgrew, Kate, 1955---Family.
- Mulgrew, Kate.
- Actresses--United States--Biography.
- Actresses.
- Aging parents--Care--Iowa--Biography.
- Aging parents.
- Parent and adult child.
- Parent-Child Relations.
- Lung Neoplasms.
- Alzheimer Disease.
- Parental Death.
- Family Relations.
- Medical Subjects:
- Iowa.
- Parent-Child Relations.
- Lung Neoplasms.
- Alzheimer Disease.
- Parental Death.
- Family Relations.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Autobiographies.
- Physical Description:
- 340 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2019]
- Summary:
- "In this profoundly honest and examined memoir about returning to Iowa to care for her ailing parents, the star of Orange Is the New Black and New York Times bestselling author of Born with Teeth takes us on an unexpected journey of loss, betrayal, and the transcendent nature of a daughter's love for her parents. They say you can't go home again. But when her father is diagnosed with aggressive lung cancer and her mother with atypical Alzheimer's, New York-based actress Kate Mulgrew returns to her hometown in Iowa to spend time with her parents and care for them in the time they have left. The months Kate spends with her parents in Dubuque -- by turns turbulent, tragic, and joyful -- lead her to reflect on each of their lives and how they shaped her own. Those ruminations are transformed when, in the wake of their deaths, Kate uncovers long-kept secrets that challenge her understanding of the unconventional Irish Catholic household in which she was raised. How to Forget is a considered portrait of a mother and a father, an emotionally powerful memoir that demonstrates how love fuses children and parents, and an honest examination of family, memory, and indelible loss."-- Provided by publisher.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Class of 1924 Book Fund.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Mulgrew, Kate, 1955- author. How to forget
- ISBN:
- 9780062846815
- 0062846817
- OCLC:
- 1097466157
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