The Reluctant Carer: Dispatches from the Edge of Life

An irresistibly moving, funny and urgent memoir about the reality of caring for your parents, when you can barely care for yourself.

''Moving and real, as well as splutter-your-tea funny'' – Miranda Sawyer

It was the kind of phone call we all dread. Your elderly father has been admitted to hospital. Your mum is about to be left at home alone. The answer? Drop everything. Go. Help. The reality? Not so straightforward. Suddenly, you’re a kid again, stranded in the overheated house you grew up i...