Fly while you still have wings : and other lessons my resilient mother taught me
著者
書誌事項
Fly while you still have wings : and other lessons my resilient mother taught me
Sorin Books, c2015
- : pbk
大学図書館所蔵 全1件
  青森
  岩手
  宮城
  秋田
  山形
  福島
  茨城
  栃木
  群馬
  埼玉
  千葉
  東京
  神奈川
  新潟
  富山
  石川
  福井
  山梨
  長野
  岐阜
  静岡
  愛知
  三重
  滋賀
  京都
  大阪
  兵庫
  奈良
  和歌山
  鳥取
  島根
  岡山
  広島
  山口
  徳島
  香川
  愛媛
  高知
  福岡
  佐賀
  長崎
  熊本
  大分
  宮崎
  鹿児島
  沖縄
  韓国
  中国
  タイ
  イギリス
  ドイツ
  スイス
  フランス
  ベルギー
  オランダ
  スウェーデン
  ノルウェー
  アメリカ
注記
Includes bibliographical references and index
内容説明・目次
内容説明
In this heartfelt memoir about her mother Hilda's final years, Joyce Rupp shares
the lessons her mother taught her, especially to "fly while you still have
wings." As a poor farmer's wife and the mother of eight living on rented land in
Maryhill, Iowa, Hilda lived a life with hard labor and constant responsibility-from
milking cows and raising chickens to keeping the farm's financial ledger. Rupp
shows how the difficulties of her mother's early years and family life, including the
loss of a twenty-three-year-old son, forged a resilience that guided her through the
illnesses and losses she faced later on. This affectionate profile of their relationship
is, at the same time, an honest self-examination as Rupp shares the ways she failed
to listen to, accept, and understand her mother in her final years.
Rupp begins each chapter with a meditative poem that captures the essence of
each stage in the journey. Her unfailing candor and profound faith illumine this
story of a mother and daughter with a universal spirit of hope, reconciliation, and
peace.
Readers who care for the elderly will identify with the joys and sorrows that Rupp
experienced. Likewise, those who are grieving for a parent will find an open and
sensitive portrayal of the conflicting emotions that arise in the process of letting
go. Anyone approaching their elder years will discover a model of how to enter the
aging process with dignity and honesty that accepts the
「Nielsen BookData」 より