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The Night Garden

By Sandra Tyler

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The Night Garden

By Sandra Tyler

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When her 86-year-old mother falls and breaks her hip, Sandra Tyler is 42, with a nursing infant and precocious toddler. Tyler's mother insists on hiring her own caregivers-a motley patchwork of lost souls, including the too-friendly who think Scrabble is a good idea. But when she has a near-fatal fall, it is the author who hires a live-in aide, Chandice, who moves into her mother's house as if it were her own, with her KitchenAid mixer, bake pans, and apple-and-kale concoctions. Where should Tyler's allegiance lie when her mother threatens to fire Chandice for overloading the washing machine? At what cost to their relationship should she no longer defer to her mother's staunch guidance?
As her mother's dementia worsens, Chandice warns the author about other daughters "gone crazy" watching their mothers become unrecognizable-after her mother's death, the author is admitted to a psychiatric ward, where she sleeps the "sleep of the dying," as her mother slept in her final weeks. But in the timelessness of this ward, she can wonder: was her closeness with her mother not of best friends, but something inherent in their dispositions as a writer and artist-in that compulsion to be seen and heard? With empathy and affectionate comedy, The Night Garden candidly explores what it means for a daughter to have her focus fractured by conflicting responsibilities while still seeking, above all else, her mother's approval, protection and love.
Kristine Morris (September / October 2024) (Editor's Pick)
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Number of Pages:
288
Release Date:
2025-06-14
Publication Date:
2025-05-09
Publisher:
Pierian Springs Press
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
1953136761
ISBN13:
9781953136763
Weight:
410 g
Height:
140 cm
Width:
216 cm
Thickness:
17 cm
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