{"product_id":"9780857059130","title":"All Things Consoled","description":"Author: Elizabeth Hay\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9780857059130\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Quercus Books\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 10 Nov 2020\u003cbr\u003ePages: 304 \u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the 2018 Hilary Weston Writers' Trust Award for Non-fiction\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eA poignant, complex and hugely resonant memoir about the shift from being a daughter to a guardian and caregiver, by a prizewinning author.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFrom Elizabeth Hay, one of Canada's most celebrated novelists, comes a startling and beautiful memoir about the drama of her parents' end, and the longer drama of being their daughter.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Jean and Gordon Hay were a formidable pair. She was an artist and superlatively frugal; he was a proud and principled schoolteacher with an explosive temper. Elizabeth, the so-called difficult child, always suspected she would end up caring for them in their final years, in part to atone for her childhood sins.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePhilip Roth once said, \"Old age is a massacre\". \u003ci\u003eALL THINGS CONSOLED\u003c\/i\u003e takes you inside the massacre as Hay's ferociously independent parents become increasingly dependent on her.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith remarkable wit and honesty, Hay lays bare the agony of a family coping as old age turns into the tragedy of living too long. In the end she arrives at a more nuanced understanding of her mother and father, and of herself as their daughter. They were and remain the two vivid giants in her life.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47919127494814,"sku":"ING-9780857059130","price":40.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9780857059130.jpg?v=1782808391","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9780857059130","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}