A Necessary End

by Nick Taylor

Overview

A touching and beautifully written story of Nick Taylor's journey with his parents to the end of their lives. Millions of children are taking similar journeys, which is why the Washington Post called A NECESSARY END "one of the key stories of our time."

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781625361615
Publisher:	Jones Street Books
Publication date:	12/17/2019
Pages:	114
Sales rank:	511,788
Product dimensions:	5.00(w) x 8.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

Nick Taylor has written eleven books of non-fiction, both solely and in collaboration, on a wide variety of subjects. They include the bestselling autobiography of astronaut John Glenn, tournament bass fishing (Bass Wars), the Mafia (Sins of the Father), the invention of the laser and the legal warfare that followed (Laser), and a history of the New Deal's Works Progress Administration. He lives in New York City.

Editorial Reviews

Touching and telling...I can't think of a book more necessary than this one for all of us.

Robert Coles

In a disarmingly candid, beautifully written memoir, Taylor ( Sons of the Father ) depicts the financial and emotional problems he encountered as one of the many middle-aged, self-absorbed offspring who suddenly find themselves faced with responsibility for aging parents. Taylor's fond appreciation for his mother and father's interests and rich past is mixed with exasperation and guilt as he recounts his struggle in 1989 to move his mentally and physically deteriorating parents from an independent life in a Mexican village to the security and care of a nursing home in Florida. The son recalls that shortly before dying after a fourth stroke, his mother gazed at him with ``a mother's full quotient of trust and love, which can never be equaled.'' His father died of cancer a few months later, leaving Taylor to say of their relationship that ``We had cared for each other as best we could, while caring for ourselves. There is really nothing more to know that matters.'' Illustrations not seen by PW . (Mar.)

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