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03326aam a22005178i 4500 001 C3E496246C9F11E9A39CB90697128E48 003 SILO 005 20190502010142 008 190205t20192019nyu 000 0beng 010 $a 2018053657 020 $a 0393635880 020 $a 9780393635881 035 $a (OCoLC)1053997543 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OCLCF $d GK8 $d TOH $d YDX $d OCLCO $d IOU $d SILO 042 $a pcc 050 00 $a RC672 $b .C374 2019 082 00 $a B $a B $2 23 100 1 $a Cary, Lorene, $e author. 245 10 $a Ladysitting : $b my year with nana at the end of her century / $c Lorene Cary. 246 30 $a My year with nana at the end of her century 250 $a First edition. 264 1 $a New York : $b W.W. Norton & Company, $c [2019] 300 $a 254 pages ; $c 22 cm 520 $a "Lorene Carys grandmother moves in, and everything changes: day-to-day life, family relationships, the Nana she kneweven their shared past. From cherished memories of weekends she spent as a child with her indulgent Nana to the reality of the year she spent 'ladysitting' her now frail grandmother, Lorene Cary journeys through stories of their time together and five generations of their African American family. Brilliantly weaving a narrative of her complicated yet transformative relationship with Nanaa fierce, stubborn, and independent woman, who managed a business until she was 100Cary looks at Nanas impulse to control people and fate, from the early death of her mother and oppression in the Jim Crow South to living on her own in her New Jersey home. Cary knew there might be some reckonings to come. Nana was a force: Her obstinacy could come out in unanticipated wayssecretly getting a drivers license to show up her husband, carrying on a longtime feud with Carys father. But Nana could also be devoted: to Nanas father, to black causes, andCary had thoughtto her grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Facing the inevitable end raises tensions, with Cary drawing on her spirituality and Nana consoling herself with late-night sweets and the loyalty of caregivers. When Nana doubts Carys dedication, Cary must go deeper into understanding this complicated woman. In Ladysitting, Cary captures the ruptures, love, and, perhaps, forgiveness that can occur in a family as she bears witness to her grandmothers 101 vibrant years of life." -- dust jacket cover. 600 10 $a Cary, Lorene. 650 0 $a Heart $x Patients $x Patients $v Biography. 650 0 $a Caregivers $v Biography. 650 0 $a Heart $x Family relationships. $x Patients $x Family relationships. 650 0 $a Grandparent and child $v Biography. 655 7 $a Biographies. $2 lcgft 941 $a 13 952 $l GMPD771 $d 20230210022124.0 952 $l WBPB115 $d 20230209023727.0 952 $l LAPH975 $d 20200529015928.0 952 $l AJPE887 $d 20200206010103.0 952 $l GUPF501 $d 20200130011832.0 952 $l SKPC094 $d 20200125014841.0 952 $l XAPE737 $d 20191217011457.0 952 $l SAPG074 $d 20191024010642.0 952 $l XUPC157 $d 20190820013403.0 952 $l S1PD771 $d 20190711012811.0 952 $l KSPG296 $d 20190604034813.0 952 $l GBPF771 $d 20190604034314.0 952 $l BAPH771 $d 20190502011036.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=C3E496246C9F11E9A39CB90697128E48 994 $a C0 $b IOUInitiate Another SILO Locator Search