Uncovering old family secrets leads Wendyl Nissen to a better understanding of her mother.
When Wendyl Nissen's mother was suffering with Alzheimer's, she told some extraordinary stories about her background that Wendyl had never heard before.
Determined to get to the bottom of these family secrets, Wendyl found some wild and intriguing stories of loss, grief and love.
She uncovered new relatives, deeply sad adoptions, harsh parenting, complex marriages and a few rogues. These stories often highlighted how tough life was for women and children in an era when women had to fight for every bit of independence they gained.
This compelling, moving book is about mothers and daughters, ageing and the way deep family traumas echo down through the generations. It is also spliced with wisdom on caring for someone with dementia.
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My Mother and Other Secrets
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Table of contents
- COVER PAGE
- TITLE PAGE
- COPYRIGHT PAGE
- DEDICATION
- CONTENTS
- INTRODUCTION
- 1 NEEDLES
- 2 NORMAL BUT NICE
- 3 LOST BABY
- 4 ELIS’S TWO MOTHERS
- 5 THE BISCUIT JAR
- 6 THE TROUBLE WITH FOOD
- 7 THE GENTRIFICATION OF ELSIE
- 8 DAD, THE QUIET ONE
- 9 GROWING UP FATHERLESS
- 10 MY NANA TRIXIE
- 11 THE THREE SIDES OF ELIS
- 12 NOT NORMAL
- 13 DEMENTIA CALLING
- 14 DEMENTED MUM AND ME
- 15 EASTER STROKE
- 16 DEAD OR ALIVE?
- 17 CARE HOME SEARCH
- 18 THE PROBLEM WITH CARE
- 19 DYING LESSONS
- 20 LOST FATHER FOUND
- 21 GOOD GRIEF
- 22 LIVING WITH DAD
- PICTURE SECTION
- HELPFUL HINTS AND TIPS
- AUTHOR’S NOTE
- ABOUT THE AUTHOR
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