An Extra Pair of Hands

A story of caring and everyday acts of love

Kate Mosse

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Wellcome Collection
03 June 2021

Memoirs; Nursing & ancillary services; Family & health; Popular medicine & health; Home nursing & caring

A deeply moving story of what it means to care for those we love, a celebration of older people and ageing, and of finding joy in the smallest acts of everyday caregiving

As our population ages, more and more of us find ourselves caring for parents and loved ones - some 8.8 million people in the UK. An invisible army of carers holding families together.

Here, Kate Mosse tells her own personal story of finding herself a carer in middle age: first, helping her heroic mother care for her beloved father through Parkinson's, then supporting her mother in widowhood, and finally as 'an extra pair of hands' for her 90-year-old mother-in-law.

This is a story about the gentle heroism of our carers, about small everyday acts of tenderness, and finding joy in times of crisis. It's about juggling priorities, mind-numbing repetition, about guilt and powerlessness, about grief, and the solace of nature when we're exhausted or at a loss. It is also about celebrating older people, about learning to live differently - and think differently about ageing.

But most of all, it's a story about love.

By: Kate Mosse
Imprint: Wellcome Collection
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Edition: Main
Dimensions: Height: 200mm, Width: 132mm, Spine: 24mm
Weight: 320g
ISBN: 9781788162616
ISBN 10: 1788162617
Pages: 208
Publication Date: 03 June 2021
Audience: General/trade , College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , ELT Advanced , Primary
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Kate Mosse is an international bestselling novelist, playwright and nonfiction author with sales of more than eight million copies in 38 languages. Renowned for bringing unheard and under-heard histories to life, she is a champion of women's creativity. Kate is the Founder Director of the Women's Prize for Fiction, sits on the Executive Committee of Women of the World and is a Visiting Professor of Contemporary Fiction and Creative Writing at the University of Chichester. Kate lives in West Sussex with her husband and mother-in-law. @katemosse

Reviews for An Extra Pair of Hands: A story of caring and everyday acts of love

Praise for Kate Mosse: 'A powerful storyteller with an abundant imagination * Daily Telegraph * Mosse is a master storyteller -- Madeline Miller Honest, moving ... this book will be a huge help to both carers and the cared-for * Deborah Moggach * An Extra Pair of Hands is like a beacon of light: full of candour, sorrow, joy, hard-won wisdom, and luminous with love * Nicci Gerrard *