{"product_id":"light-falls-on-everything-a-daughters-memoir-of-caregiving-grief-and-possibility-hardback-9781469693200","title":"Light Falls on Everything; A Daughter's Memoir of Caregiving, Grief, and Possibility (Hardback) 9781469693200","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eLight Falls on Everything\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eA Daughter's Memoir of Caregiving, Grief, and Possibility\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eRebecca McClanahan (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781469693200\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 31 March 2026\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e272 pages\u003cbr\u003e14 x 21.6 x 2.5 cm, 0.49 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\u003cp\u003e“McClanahan weaves a story about caregiving for her parents that truly stands out, not just for its hauntingly beautiful writing, but for how it addresses caregiving issues from unique vantage points.”—\u003ci\u003ePsychology Today\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“Poetic, unflinching, and unforgettable. As I finished this profound depiction of love and loss, what I felt most was a sublime sense of wonder.”—Ron Rash, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Caretaker\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“McClanahan evokes the joy and sweetness of eldercare while never sidestepping its complexities and grief. I've never read a more precise account of the mysterious inner workings of the human heart.\"—Dinty W. Moore, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Mindful Writer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“A powerful and moving look at how love evolves even through our most trying times.”—Lee Martin, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Evening Shades\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“\u003ci\u003eLight Falls on Everything\u003c\/i\u003e is about as honest a book as I've ever read. What shines on every page is love. This should be required reading for all of us.”—Ann Hood, author of \u003ci\u003eComfort: A Journey Through Grief\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Stolen Child\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“McClanahan is a bold and gentle guide as she examines what looking after, and saying goodbye to, our dearest beloveds requires of us. This book is a treasure.”—Jill Christman, author of \u003ci\u003eIf This Were Fiction\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eMy father’s heart, and my mother’s, can still break. In this most essential way, they are still themselves. They are still here.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTo stay together until the end was the deepest wish of Rebecca McClanahan’s elderly, frail parents. So when the two of them could no longer care for themselves, Rebecca and her siblings moved them from Indiana to North Carolina, where she and her husband assumed the roles of “first responders” with support from the extended family. Over the course of her parents' final years, Rebecca discovers that the landscape of dementia isn’t entirely bleak if we can hold on long enough to rediscover in our loved ones the essential selves we feared were lost.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLight Falls on Everything\u003c\/i\u003e takes us inside the intimate rooms of long-term caregiving, where exhaustion, confusion, heartbreak, and grief can shadow the most ordinary days. Still, light flickers in even the darkest corners, revealing moments of tenderness, laughter, absurdity, surprise, and unrelenting love. Emotionally gripping and unstintingly honest, this memoir invites us to reflect on the timeless nature of love and loss and, with it, the unexpected lessons of caregiving: how to move forward into our own uncertain futures, accept grief as a longtime companion, and approach death with some measure of grace.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"The University of North Carolina Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52589077692696,"sku":"9781469693200","price":60.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/light-falls-on-everything-a-daughters-memoir-of-caregiving-grief-and-possibility-hardback-9781469693200","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}