The New Normal

By Gail Sheehy

Harriet Colbert was like so many dutiful older daughters, especially if they are unmarried and used to the role of mother hen. Harriet had taken care of Dad single-handedly until he died; her six brothers and sisters assumed she'd do it again for her mom.

She is the model of a Heroic Harriet. A delivering angel. But caregiving is also hard work. And nobody is cut out to do it alone, indefinitely.

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