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When I Married My Mother
- A Daughter's Search for What Really Matters - and How She Found It Caring for Mama Jo
- Narrated by: Jo Maeder
- Length: 8 hrs and 59 mins
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Summary
A city-loving, single New York DJ braces for disaster when she reluctantly moves to the Bible Belt to care for her estranged, doll-obsessed, hoarder mother. What unfolds in this best-selling memoir is a hilarious, heartbreaking love story that sees eldercare and making peace with the past in a most unexpected way.
"This book is important to every mother and daughter, and to every woman who wants to be one." (Maya Angelou)
Critic reviews
“Who knew aging, memory-impaired mothers could surprise their reluctantly dutiful daughters? Jo’s counter-intuitive take on caring for Mama Jo speaks to the resilience in late-life family care relationships. As author and memoirist, Jo delighted participants at Duke’s Alzheimer’s conference by encouraging them to seek fresh, positive, and personal perspectives on caring.” (Lisa P. Gwyhter, MSW, co-author The Alzheimer’s Action Plan: A Family Guide, Director of Duke Aging Center Family Support Program)
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- Helen
- 06-12-22
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I nearly stopped listening but stuck with it and ended up getting very attached to Momma jo and cried near the end. I found the Momma jo being used all the way through and the narrator’s impersonating her mother grated on me a little bit an insightful book about a mother daughter relationship in their latter years.
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