The Moon in the Water
Reflections on an Aging Parent
Published on 25. April 2008
Book
Hardback
96 pages
978-0-8265-1586-5 (ISBN)
Description
This is a book for every Boomer trying to balance their spiritual ideals of the '60s with the wearing realities of middle age. The author enlists the practical inspiration of Water-Moon Kuan Yin, a Buddhist goddess associated with compassion, to aid in the mundane challenges of caring for her aging father - transferring his health insurance, struggling with a wheelchair van, managing adult diapers, or playing in the fictions of his dementia.
Reviews / Votes
A welcome balm to those... on their own healing journey of caring. --Paula Arai ""The Moon in the Water invites people in to the spiritual and practical dimensions of care-giving, especially to elderly parents.... This book is a welcome balm to those who seek sustenance on their own healing journey of caring."" --Paula Arai, author of Women Living Zen: Japanese Soto Buddhist NunsMore details
Language
English
Place of publication
Tennessee
United States
Product notice
Laminated cover
Illustrations
10 b&w illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 13 mm
Weight
406 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-8265-1586-5 (9780826515865)
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Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
Additional editions
E-Book
04/2008
1st Edition
Vanderbilt University Press
€48.99
Available for download
Person
Kathy J. Phillips is Professor of English at the University of Hawai'i. Her most recent books are Manipulating Masculinity: War and Gender in Modern British and American Literature; This Isn't a Picture I'm Holding: Kuan Yin; and Virginia Woolf Against Empire.