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Brilliantly original novelist and cultural critic Lynne Tillman became one of nearly 53 million Americans who care for a sick family member when her mother developed an unusual and little understood condition called Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus

Instantly Tillmans independent and spirited mother went from someone she knew to someone else a woman entirely dependent on her childrenan elevenyear process through which her mother underwent many surgeries and some misdiagnoses while the family navigated consultations and confrontations with doctors adjusting to the complexity of her cognitive issues including memory loss

With her notoriously exquisite writing style and reputation as a rich noticer of strange things Colm Tobn Tillman describes without flinching the unexpected heartbreaking and frustrating years of caring for a sick parent

Mothercare is both a cautionary tale and sympathetic guidance for anyone who suddenly becomes a caregiver responsible for the life of anothera parent loved or not or a friend This story may be helpful informative consoling or upsetting but it never fails to underscore how impossible it is to get the job done completely right