Love and Care

Deeney, Shaun

£16.99

Shaun Deeney has just embarked on a new life in France. His two daughters are grown-up, he has survived a divorce and he is hoping he might find love one last time. But the sudden death of his father changes everything. With his mother in a care home, Shaun knows he has a choice to make: does he leave her there, or give up his new-found freedom to care for her in the home she once shared with his father? ‘Love & Care’ charts their first year living together; the changing seasons framing their relationship. Will he cope and prove the doubters wrong? What will it mean for his chances of finding love? Shaun’s search for love becomes entwined with reflections on his parents’ own marriage.

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Publish Date: 20/05/2021

Description

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‘An honest and thoughtful memoir. Moving but, ultimately, full of hope. Beautiful.’
KATE MOSSE

‘Superb. Love & Care is a book about the unbreakable bonds of family, the cruelty of passing time and a love that never dies.’ TONY PARSONS

‘A beautiful, intimate story of love and understanding – candid and funny. This is a lyrical memoir of hope and forgiveness.’
RAYNOR WINN,
author of The Salt Path

‘He’s in hospital again . . . and he’s not eating. Perhaps you should think about coming back to the UK,’ Brenda said. ‘I don’t think your dad will be going home again.’

Shaun’s mother is in a care home with Parkinson’s Dementia and now his father is dying. He should go back.

And yet this was supposed to be his time. Shaun has relocated to a new country to make a fresh start. His two daughters are grown-up. He has moved on from the divorce. He is single and he is free and still hoping to find love again.

Will this mean giving up on his own life?

A heart-warming, heart-wrenching, and beautifully humane account of loving and caring.NICCI GERRARD, novelist and author of What Dementia Teaches Us About Love

‘An insightful tale of care . . . this book needed to be written.’ JO GOOD, BBC Radio London

‘A vital subject, a really strong voice and, hurrah, humour makes this absorbing reading.’ CAROLINE RAPHAEL, Radio 4’s Book at Bedtime

An eye-opening – and at times jaw dropping – account that will make you weep with its tenderness and compassion . . . A highly readable tale of redemption and a celebration of love’s many hues.PAUL BLEZARD, Love Reading

Moving’ DAILY MAIL

Additional information

Weight 468 g
Dimensions 218 × 138 × 32 mm
Author

Publisher

Imprint

Cover

Hardback

Pages

326

Language

English

Edition
Dewey

306.8743092 (edition:23)

Readership

General – Trade / Code: K