The cost of care

There comes a point in life when those who have cared for us find themselves in need of care - often from their own children. It's a difficult moment, as relationship dynamics shift and new realities are confronted - one that I'm yet to face personally but that is looming ever larger on the horizon. As a result, I found Biddy Wells' Scrabble In The Afternoon - an intensely personal account of this tumultuous change from the perspective of a suddenly put-upon child - both candid and engaging.