Being the Grown Up

The end of a parent's life is often a steep reversal of roles for both parent and adult child. If the illness is fast moving, there's an avalanche of things to learn about how to care for a now dependent person who, if you are lucky, used to take care of you. How does a child thrust into a new role learn all that is needed to care for a declining parent? When Cheryl Derricotte's mother received a diagnosis of pancreatic cancer, she set about to inform herself, driven by an overriding desire to care for her mother well. And in her grief, she turned that knowledge into a book, Being the Grown-Up, Taking Care of Someone with a Terminal Illness, to give others a head start on the road of caregiving. Her compact book, full of tips about how to care, is practical yet full of personal accounts of her own story with her mother. Offering information and solace, it is a truly handy guide to this unexpected and painful world