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The Pianist's Only Daughter is a sometimes humorous, sometimes heartbreaking memoir that follows two creative academics-a pianist and a poet-from their youth, in love and full of vigor and artistic self-expression, to their poignant efforts to hold on to their unique gifts and maintain their humanity in old age.

First-time memoirist Kathryn Betts Adams, a social worker and academic gerontologist, is the only daughter of this couple and at the center of the story. In lyrical prose, she depicts their evolving family dynamics through the more than six decades that she is immersed in her parents' vivid emotional lives. Her story culminates in a hero's journey: shepherding her parents through their final years as they face chronic illness and diminishing capacities. Despite her professional expertise as a social worker, managing her parents' care is not at all easy, as the eldercare services available come up short, and she must make a series of no-win decisions for first one and then the other parent.

Grounded in insights about mental health, health, and aging, and overlaid with a deep devotion to music and words, The Pianist's Only Daughter is the story of one family's-one daughter's-experience of the human condition. Although it is not a self-help book, readers will find useful information and ideas that resonate with their own experiences with aging and family relationships.

Praise for The Pianist's Only Daughter:

" Excellent read! A book I couldn't put down-Kathryn Betts Adams shares an intimate family portrait which is skillfully woven and will resonate with you in your own journey. The Pianist's Only Daughter brings the joys and sorrows of caring for aged parents to the forefront and offers spot-on observations of the way early family dynamics reenact themselves in old age. It's a must-read for all facing this stage of life, especially poignant for only children. I will be recommending this book to the adult children of my elderly clients."
Heidi Sward, LCSW, Geriatric Social Worker, Hamden, Connecticut

"It's both a beautiful narrative history of your/our parents' era and creative life, as well as the bittersweet, difficult decline of our loved ones and the challenges of caregiving all at once. Brava!" Ginger McKnight-Chavers, Author of In the Heart of Texas: A Novel


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9798393872144
  • Publisher: Amazon Digital Services LLC - Kdp
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Sub Title: A Memoir
  • Width: 152 mm
  • ISBN-10: 8393872146
  • Publisher Date: 14 Nov 2023
  • Height: 229 mm
  • No of Pages: 242
  • Spine Width: 14 mm
  • Weight: 412 gr


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