Overview

What happens when the person you love slowly unravels from a chronic, incurable disease? What happens to you? With raw honesty and piercing insight, Slow Loss chronicles a woman's emotional journey as her husband succumbs to Parkinson's and dementia, and she evolves from wife to caregiver to widow. Heartbreaking and laced with dark humor, Kelly's poignant memoir unveils the realities of caregiving, from being crushed by anger and fear to making hard decisions with surprising outcomes. It is brave, fresh, inspirational, and encouraging without toxic positivity or sappiness. Slow Loss speaks to anyone facing the gradual loss of a loved one, offering hard-earned wisdom, a beacon of hope, and so much love. Let Lois Kelly's unflinching account be your lifeline.

Full Product Details

9780996313735

Table of Contents

Reviews

""Fast-paced and devastatingly honest, yet full of wit and verve, Slow Loss offers a portrait of a caregiver and a marriage in crisis throughout a brutal ordeal with Parkinson's disease. Caregivers of all types will appreciate and identify with Lois Kelly's often raw, ultimately hopeful inside look at what it means to care for those we love most. "" Kate Washington, author of Already Toast: Caregiving and Burnout in America ""Instructive, entertaining, and profoundly thought-provoking. I thought I knew how to help caregivers when I practiced medicine, but after living with my husband's Parkinson's for 25 years, I now know better."" Patricia Gifford, MD ""For anyone caring for someone with a debilitating, life-altering disease and not interested in bumper sticker-insta-happy-crappy nonsense, read this book. There is hope here and respect: for shared love, for the relentless press of the disease, and for our capacity as readers to tolerate the truth and, from that piercing honesty, be changed."" Maria Sirois, Psy.D., author of A Short Course in Happiness After Loss (and Other Dark, Difficult Times) ""An achingly real and emotional journey, reminding caregivers that relationships are not easy, life is messy and unpredictable, and it is all OK."" Joan Monin, PhD., associate professor, Yale School of Public Health

Author Information

Lois Kelly has written notable books on family life (Slow Loss, Be the Noodle) and work life (Rebels at Work). She is a firestarter and champion of people who think differently, work bravely, laugh generously, and live optimistically. Lois is a former corporate organizational and communications strategist and lives in Providence, RI.

Tab Content 6

Customer Reviews

Recent Reviews

Countries Available