My Father's Keeper: The Story of a Gay Son and His Aging Parents

by Jonathan G. Silin

Book Overview

My Father's Keeper is the moving story of Jonathan Silin, a gay man in midlife who learned to care for his elderly parents as a series of life-threatening illnesses forced them to make the difficult... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0807079642
• Release Date: May 2006
• Publisher: Beacon Press
• Length: 184 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.5" x 0.5" x 5.8"

Customer Reviews

Have You Been There Yet?

I've been there. Caregiving is maddening. This work actually protrays the love and insantity that go with the job.

My Fathers Keeper Book Review

My Father's Keeper is the story of a gay man in midlife who must learn to care for his elderly parents when their health begins to fail. The novel takes you through his life roles as he undergoes a shift in responsibilities. We are taken through the struggles that both Silin and his parents must endure as becomes the caretaker and his parents accept their new limitations. This story conveys Silins struggles with distancing his himself from his parents enough that he can understand them, but not absorb the anger caused by their illness. The ultimate message that we are left with is what it means to be a caregiver to the very end. Silin's work is thoughtful and honest. He offers a series of valuable reports using his experiences from childhood, education, parenting, mental health, old age, death, and forgiveness. This is a unique, well written story that provides us with what may lie ahead.