{"product_id":"all-things-consoled","title":"All Things Consoled By Hay, Elizabeth","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the 2018 Hilary Weston Writers'' Trust Award for Non-fiction\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA poignant, complex and hugely resonant memoir about the shift from being a daughter to a guardian and caregiver, by a prizewinning author.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom Elizabeth Hay, one of Canada''s most celebrated novelists, comes a startling and beautiful memoir about the drama of her parents'' end, and the longer drama of being their daughter.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJean and Gordon Hay were a formidable pair. She was an artist and superlatively frugal; he was a proud and principled schoolteacher with an explosive temper. Elizabeth, the so-called difficult child, always suspected she would end up caring for them in their final years, in part to atone for her childhood sins.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePhilip Roth once said, \"Old age is a massacre\". \u003ci\u003eAll Things Consoled\u003c\/i\u003e takes you inside the massacre as Hay''s ferociously independent parents become increasingly dependent on her.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWith remarkable wit and honesty, Hay lays bare the agony of a family coping as old age turns into the tragedy of living too long. In the end she arrives at a more nuanced understanding of her mother and father, and of herself as their daughter. They were and remain the two vivid giants in her life.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57820663349630,"sku":"NW9780857059123","price":13.4,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9780857059123.jpg?v=1788200806","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/products\/all-things-consoled","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}