How I Lost My Mother is a deeply felt account of the relationship between a mother and son, and an exploration of what care for the dying means in contemporary society. The book is emotionally complex – funny, sad and angry – but above all, heartfelt and honest. It speaks boldly of challenges faced by all of us, challenges which are often not spoken about and hidden, but which deserve urgent attention. This is first and foremost a work of the heart, a reflection on what relationships mean and should mean. There is much in the book about relationships of care and exploitation in southern Africa, and about white Jewish identity in an African context. But despite the specific and absorbing references to places and contexts, the book offers a broader, more universal view. All parents of adult children, and all adults who have parents alive, or have lost their parents, will find much in this book to make them laugh, cry, think and feel.
Spis treści
Introduction
Part I: Finding
Chapter 1 The Weeping Rose
Chapter 2 Be sociable
Chapter 3 Goodwill
Chapter 4 The trouble with nerves
Chapter 5 The archives
Chapter 6 Nadine Gordimer, Anne Frank, Elsie Cohen and me
Part II: Losing
Chapter 7 Shouting loud
Chapter 8 Coming home
Chapter 9 Avoiding surgery
Chapter 10 Closing In
Chapter 11 Scar tissue
Chapter 12 Care
Chapter 13 What ends?
Part III: Afterwords
Chapter 14 Death admin
Chapter 15 How I lost my mother
Notes
Bibliography
Acknowledgements
O autorze
Leslie Swartz is a clinical psychologist and a distinguished professor of psychology at Stellenbosch University, South Africa best known for his work on disability studies, disability rights, and mental health issues. His memoir Able-Bodied: Scenes from a curious life (2010), received critical acclaim.
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