Author of the Tracy Gayle series, Gayle’s Tales and More Gayle’s Tales Trish Hubschman has a great book review for you this evening.
Let’s see what Trish is reading and reviewing for us.
My Turn: When Caregiving Roles Reverse, by Linda Wright
Weaving two different parts of her life, Linda Wright combines the care she received from her parents and the care she gave to them when they became elderly and frail. She was born with a rare bleeding disorder, so even the slightest bump created deep bruises on her body and a minor injury kept her out of school. The disorder limited her ability to grow up like a typical kid—riding bikes, climbing, and running. Despite the many hospitalizations for uncontrolled bleeding and infusions to clot her blood for a condition that even doctors struggled to treat, Linda’s parents gave her a childhood filled with wonder, joy, and love. “My parents protected me, inspired me, and believed in me. They were the ones who had taught me how to be safe,” Linda said. When her aging and infirm parents grew to need increasing levels of care themselves, she declared, “I would do whatever it cost to care for them. It was my turn.”
Linda Wright’s memoir, “My Turn, When Caregiver Roles Reverse” is a story of love, courage, strength and family.
Linda, an only child, was born with a rare bleeding disorder, a form of Hemophilia. If she fell and scraped her knee, she could possibly have bled to death. Her mother treated the less dire of her childhood injuries, but the more serious ones, she managed to get her daughter to a hospital in Boston, two hours away from where the family lived. Her mother was always there for her. There were some things Linda wasn’t allowed to do, though she still attended public school, went to college, got a job, fell n love with her best friend. Linda always had to be super careful. When she grew up, the tables reversed and she took care of her parents with the same energy as they had with her when she was younger.
The story is incredible and heart-warming. I could feel he struggle, stress, fear, the victories of everyone in it. It’s so well-written.
I highly recommend this book as both an enjoyable read and a learning experience. I give it a top rating of 5-stars.
Review by Trish Hubschman
Author of the Tracy Gayle mystery series
Trish Hubschman is the author of 6 Tracy Gayle mystery nobels, the most recent being, “More Gayle’s Tales.”
Trish is deaf/blind and lives in South Carolina with her husband, Kevin Hubschman, author of “One More Reason To Cry” and “Outside The Circle.”
They have a dog, Henry. Both Trish and Kevin went to college in New York and have bachelor’s degrees in English.
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