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Don't Say a Word: A Daughter's Two Cents by Marcus, Elizabeth Roper
by Marcus, Elizabeth Roper | PB | Good
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A book that has been read but is in good condition. Very minimal damage to the cover including scuff marks, but no holes or tears. The dust jacket for hard covers may not be included. Binding has minimal wear. The majority of pages are undamaged with minimal creasing or tearing, minimal pencil underlining of text, no highlighting of text, no writing in margins. No missing pages.
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Item specifics
- Condition
- Good
- Seller Notes
- Binding
- Paperback
- Weight
- 1 lbs
- Product Group
- Book
- IsTextBook
- No
- ISBN
- 9781647420529
About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
She Writes Press
ISBN-10
1647420520
ISBN-13
9781647420529
eBay Product ID (ePID)
2309620483
Product Key Features
Book Title
Don't Say a Word : a Daughter's Two Cents
Number of Pages
Xiv, 303 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Topic / Men, Women & Relationships, Personal Memoirs, General, Topic / Marriage & Family
Publication Year
2021
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Biography & Autobiography, Humor
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
1 in
Item Weight
15.2 Oz
Item Length
8.5 in
Item Width
5.5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2020-921629
Reviews
"What an achievement! Don't Say a Word! is evocative, smart, ANDfunny, with fresh insights about families on virtually every page.Marcus's drive to comprehend her past will inspire readers who feltsilenced in childhood or whose talents and achievements wentunappreciated. With this book, she breaks her silence, revealinghard-won realizations and a remarkable ability to laugh through thetears." --Barbara Schildkraut, MD, author of Unmasking Psychological Symptoms and Masquerading Symptoms "How well do we know our parents? Elizabeth Marcus confronts thisquestion in her vibrant memoir, which follows the final decade of herparents' lives as they seem to age into inversions of their formercontrolled and controlling selves. Reflecting on their absurd newfriendships and terrible real estate deals, which she describes inhilarious detail, Marcus arrives at a dramatically new view of herdifficult parents and their relationship with her. Funny, compassionate,and beautifully written, Don't Say a Word is a moving account of a daughter finding her own story." --Gail Pool, author of Lost Among the Baining: Adventure, Marriage, and Other Fieldwork "Marcus is a gifted storyteller, and her memoir is a page-turner. It iswritten in a way that evokes every emotion imaginable in the scenesrecorded. Hers is a beautifully written tale that is likely true of manychildren observing their parents advance in age. Marcus' writing isfresh, comical, revealing, poignant. It hits you in the heart from allconceivable angles." -- Story Circle Network, "What an achievement! Don't Say a Word! is evocative, smart, AND funny, with fresh insights about families on virtually every page. Marcus's drive to comprehend her past will inspire readers who felt silenced in childhood or whose talents and achievements went unappreciated. With this book, she breaks her silence, revealing hard-won realizations and a remarkable ability to laugh through the tears." --Barbara Schildkraut, MD, author of Unmasking Psychological Symptoms and Masquerading Symptoms "How well do we know our parents? Elizabeth Marcus confronts this question in her vibrant memoir, which follows the final decade of her parents' lives as they seem to age into inversions of their former controlled and controlling selves. Reflecting on their absurd new friendships and terrible real estate deals, which she describes in hilarious detail, Marcus arrives at a dramatically new view of her difficult parents and their relationship with her. Funny, compassionate, and beautifully written, Don't Say a Word is a moving account of a daughter finding her own story." --Gail Pool, author of Lost Among the Baining: Adventure, Marriage, and Other Fieldwork "Marcus is a gifted storyteller, and her memoir is a page-turner. It is written in a way that evokes every emotion imaginable in the scenes recorded. Hers is a beautifully written tale that is likely true of many children observing their parents advance in age. Marcus' writing is fresh, comical, revealing, poignant. It hits you in the heart from all conceivable angles." -- Story Circle Network
Dewey Edition
23/eng/20230510
Dewey Decimal
306.874084/6
Synopsis
As Elizabeth Marcus's tyrannical elderly parents toss caution aside-along with all her advice-she struggles to make sense of their poignant, often hilarious plunge into old age in Mexico. Sketchy new friends appear; screwball calamities follow. Before it is over, her parents' madcap adventure will bring down the sort of disasters commonly found in pulp fiction. Why can't Marcus stop any of this from happening? Because no matter the degree of craziness or her parents' increasing fragility, she cannot confront them any more than she ever could. In the end the surprising ways in which her parents come undone reveal just what they spent their lives trying to hide, thereby setting her free. Don't Say A Word! Illuminates the maddening challenge of watching our parents' final decline, a challenge familiar to frazzled adult-children everwhere. Book jacket., When Elizabeth Marcus's tyrannical parents toss caution aside--along with everything she says--she struggles to make sense of their poignant, often hilarious plunge into old age in Mexico. Bizarre new friends appear; absurd disasters follow. Don't Say A Word! illuminates the maddening challenge of watching our parents' final decline, a challenge familiar to frazzled adult-children everywhere., Edna and Leo, a perpetually warring, tyrannical pair in their 80s, begin wintering In Mexico, where they abandon their usual prudence to embrace adventure and a bevy of sketchy new friends. Soon, Edna adopts a pair of shyster builders whom she trusts over her own architect-daughter Elizabeth, and a farcical house results. Blithely indifferent to the calamities that result, the pair refuse all help from their too-compliant only child.Later, following her mother's sudden death, Elizabeth's wise, principled father attempts to fill his late wife's shoes with a string of loopy, live-in housekeepers--with privileges, he hopes. Before it is over the Mexican escapade will bring down the kind of disasters commonly found in pulp fiction. Why can't Elizabeth stop any of this from happening? No matter the madness, she cannot confront her parents any more than she ever could. In the end, the surprising way in which they come undone reveals just what they spent their lives trying to hide, thereby setting her free.Though unique in its loony details, Don't Say A Word! will resonate with beleaguered adult-children everywhere who will recognize the special misery of watching, helpless, as stubborn, diminished parents careen precariously toward the end of life., Edna and Leo, a perpetually warring, tyrannical pair in their 80s, beginwintering In Mexico, where they abandon their usual prudence to embraceadventure and a bevy of sketchy new friends. Soon, Edna adopts a pairof shyster builders whom she trusts over her own architect-daughterElizabeth, and a farcical house results. Blithely indifferent to thecalamities that result, the pair refuse all help from theirtoo-compliant only child.Later, following her mother's sudden death, Elizabeth's wise, principledfather attempts to fill his late wife's shoes with a string of loopy,live-in housekeepers--with privileges, he hopes. Before it is over theMexican escapade will bring down the kind of disasters commonly found inpulp fiction. Why can't Elizabeth stop any of this from happening? Nomatter the madness, she cannot confront her parents any more than sheever could. In the end, the surprising way in which they come undonereveals just what they spent their lives trying to hide, thereby settingher free.Though unique in its loony details, Don't Say A Word! willresonate with beleaguered adult-children everywhere who will recognizethe special misery of watching, helpless, as stubborn, diminishedparents careen precariously toward the end of life.
LC Classification Number
HQ755.86.M383 2021
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