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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Susan Allen Toth , Susan Allen TothPublisher: University of Minnesota Press Imprint: University of Minnesota Press Dimensions: Width: 13.70cm , Height: 3.80cm , Length: 20.30cm Weight: 0.295kg ISBN: 9780816692866ISBN 10: 0816692866 Pages: 256 Publication Date: 14 April 2014 Audience: General/trade , Professional and scholarly , General , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Temporarily unavailable  The supplier advises that this item is temporarily unavailable. It will be ordered for you and placed on backorder. Once it does come back in stock, we will ship it out to you. Table of ContentsReviewsThat may be the book's greatest value--that caregivers of loved ones reading it will take comfort in knowing that what they are going through has been shared by many others. -- Kirkus Reviews This is an important book, not just for lonely caregivers but also for us all. It ought to be required reading for anyone in a position to affect funding and social policy to benefit those who toil to care for others. -- Star Tribune While some readers may find the title of Susan Allen Toth's No Saints around Here unintentionally ironic, it came to seem no more than apt to me. Halfway through the book, I was wondering how many saints could have matched her devotion in the care she gave to her husband or achieved the honesty, humor, and vividness of her moving account. --Garret Keizer, author of Privacy and Help It is an honest and simple telling of her struggles, grief, pain, anger, and even hope as she sought to keep James at home to the very end which she did....I really appreciated this book for its practical wisdom and insight it offers both in my own care giving role and in my work as a clergy. I will be recommending it to others as a guide to help them as care givers and as those who help care givers. I rate this book an 'outstanding' read. --Le Padre Ver Livre That may be the book's greatest value--that caregivers of loved ones reading it will take comfort in knowing that what they are going through has been shared by many others. -- Kirkus Reviews This is an important book, not just for lonely caregivers but also for us all. It ought to be required reading for anyone in a position to affect funding and social policy to benefit those who toil to care for others. -- Star Tribune Each time I sat down and opened the book, I felt I was reading a heartfelt letter from a friend. -- Books & Culture While some readers may find the title of Susan Allen Toth's No Saints around Here unintentionally ironic, it came to seem no more than apt to me. Halfway through the book, I was wondering how many saints could have matched her devotion in the care she gave to her husband or achieved the honesty, humor, and vividness of her moving account. --Garret Keizer, author of Privacy and Help It is an honest and simple telling of her struggles, grief, pain, anger, and even hope as she sought to keep James at home to the very end which she did....I really appreciated this book for its practical wisdom and insight it offers both in my own care giving role and in my work as a clergy. I will be recommending it to others as a guide to help them as care givers and as those who help care givers. I rate this book an 'outstanding' read. --Le Padre Ver Livre With honesty, humor, and a beautiful and steadfast love for James, Susan carries the reader through all the ups and mostly downs of in-the-trenches caregiving. -- Mainstay Read it, read it, whether or not you're a caregiver. You never know when you might become one. --Dave Wood ""While some readers may find the title of Susan Allen Toth’s No Saints around Here unintentionally ironic, it came to seem no more than apt to me. Halfway through the book, I was wondering how many saints could have matched her devotion in the care she gave to her husband or achieved the honesty, humor, and vividness of her moving account."" —Garret Keizer, author of Privacy and Help ""That may be the book's greatest value—that caregivers of loved ones reading it will take comfort in knowing that what they are going through has been shared by many others."" —Kirkus Reviews ""This is an important book, not just for lonely caregivers but also for us all. It ought to be required reading for anyone in a position to affect funding and social policy to benefit those who toil to care for others."" —Star Tribune ""Each time I sat down and opened the book, I felt I was reading a heartfelt letter from a friend."" —Books & Culture ""While some readers may find the title of Susan Allen Toth’s No Saints around Here unintentionally ironic, it came to seem no more than apt to me. Halfway through the book, I was wondering how many saints could have matched her devotion in the care she gave to her husband or achieved the honesty, humor, and vividness of her moving account."" —Garret Keizer, author of Privacy and Help ""It is an honest and simple telling of her struggles, grief, pain, anger, and even hope as she sought to keep James at home to the very end which she did....I really appreciated this book for its practical wisdom and insight it offers both in my own care giving role and in my work as a clergy. I will be recommending it to others as a guide to help them as care givers and as those who help care givers. I rate this book an ‘outstanding’ read."" —Le Padre Ver Livre ""With honesty, humor, and a beautiful and steadfast love for James, Susan carries the reader through all the ups and mostly downs of in-the-trenches caregiving. "" —Mainstay ""Read it, read it, whether or not you’re a caregiver. You never know when you might become one."" —Dave Wood Author InformationSusan Allen Toth has written for the New York Times, the Washington Post, Harper's, and Vogue, among other publications. Her many books include Blooming, Ivy Days, My Love Affair with England, England As You Like It, and Leaning into the Wind: A Memoir of Midwest Weather (Minnesota, 2006). A longtime teacher and writer-in-residence at Macalester College, Toth currently divides her time between rural Wisconsin and La Jolla, California. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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