The Stuff of Life: A Daughter's Memoir
- ISBN-10
- 1582344450
- ISBN-13
- 9781582344454
- Series
- The Stuff of Life
- Category
- Family & Relationships
- Pages
- 224
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2004-10-11
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing USA
- Author
- Karen Karbo
Description
A fascinating portrait of a father-daughter relationship explains how the author, a freelance writer and reluctant caregiver, set out to take care of her father, a retired industrial designer and card-caring member of the NRA, after he was diagnosed with terminal lung cancer. Reprint. 15,000 first printing.
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