{"product_id":"gods-waiting-room-racial-reckoning-at-lifes-end-paperback-softback-9781978840607","title":"God's Waiting Room; Racial Reckoning at Life's End (Paperback \/ softback) 9781978840607","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eGod's Waiting Room\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eRacial Reckoning at Life's End\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eCasey Golomski (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781978840607\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 13 December 2024\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e238 pages, 11 color images\u003cbr\u003e23.5 x 15.6 x 1.8 cm, 0.367 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\"A profoundly beautiful exploration of what decline and dilapidation mean for those whose lives were largely lived in compact with racial separation.\" (The Johannesburg Review of Books) \"There is nothing frail or distant in \u003ci\u003eGod’s Waiting Room\u003c\/i\u003e. We are pressed up against stories—some hard, some wanting—and invited in. Casey Golomski masterfully collapses the priorities and politics of past, present, and future into the workings of the everyday, with a closeness and lyrical attention to form.\" - Todd Meyers (author of All That Was Not Her) \"A delightful surprise of a book! This is a tale of big-hearted patients and staff, racism, and eldercare in post-apartheid South Africa. Placed within the context of the country's history of white supremacy, these subtle and moving stories of patients in the present day being sustained by grace offer a striking portrait of our shared humanity despite racial and other differences.\" - Theresa Brown (author of Healing: When a Nurse Becomes a Patient)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eCan older racists change their tune, or will they haunt us further once they're gone? Rich in mystery and life's lessons, \u003ci\u003eGod's Waiting Room \u003c\/i\u003econsiders what matters in the end for older white adults and the younger Black nurses who care for them. An innovation in creative nonfiction, Casey Golomski's story of his years of immersive research at a nursing home in South Africa, thirty years after the end of apartheid, is narrated as a one-day, room-by-room tour. The story is told in breathtakingly intimate and witty conversations with the home's residents and nurses, including the untold story of Nelson Mandela's Robben Island prison nurse, and readers learn how ageism, sexism, and racism intersect and impact health care both in South Africa and in the United States, as well as create conditions in which people primed to be enemies find grace despite the odds.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/dhjhkxawhe8q4.cloudfront.net\/rup-wp-v2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/04135941\/gods-waiting-room_reading-questions.pdf\"\u003eCourse or Book Club Reading and Discussion Guide (https:\/\/dhjhkxawhe8q4.cloudfront.net\/rup-wp-v2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/04135941\/gods-waiting-room_reading-questions.pdf)\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e For copyright reasons, this edition is not available in the South African Development Community and Kenya.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003e The Road\u003cbr\u003e Waiting\u003cbr\u003e Angel\u003cbr\u003e Heartsore\u003cbr\u003e Presents\u003cbr\u003e Andrew\u003cbr\u003e Diversity\u003cbr\u003e Bethal\u003cbr\u003e Safari\u003cbr\u003e Goodness\u003cbr\u003e Jokers\u003cbr\u003e Yvonne\u003cbr\u003e God\u003cbr\u003e Mama Zulu\u003cbr\u003e Security\u003cbr\u003e Noeline\u003cbr\u003e The Circle\u003cbr\u003e Confessions\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgements\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e Index\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Rutgers University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52676748509464,"sku":"9781978840607","price":22.26,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/gods-waiting-room-racial-reckoning-at-lifes-end-paperback-softback-9781978840607","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}