{"product_id":"bound-a-daughter-a-domme-and-an-end-of-life-story-paperback","title":"Bound: A Daughter, a Domme, and an End-Of-Life Story - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eElizabeth Anne Wood\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eUnflinchingly honest and darkly funny, this memoir will resonate with\u003cbr\u003e anyone facing the complicated reality of aging and illness in the \u003cbr\u003eUnited States.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cbr\u003eElizabeth and her mother, Judy, have always had a complicated \u003cbr\u003erelationship. Now they face a confounding illness, as well as a \u003cbr\u003elabyrinthine healthcare system, at a complicated stage of life. Nothing \u003cbr\u003eis as it first seems in this riveting account of an unconventional \u003cbr\u003emother-daughter journey--a journey that from the start poses questions \u003cbr\u003eabout love, life, family, aging, healthcare, sex, and death. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eBound\u003c\/i\u003e, Elizabeth Anne Wood addresses these questions as she \u003cbr\u003echronicles the last eight months of her mother's life--a period she comes\u003cbr\u003e to see, over the course of months, as a maternity leave in reverse: she\u003cbr\u003e is carrying her mother as she dies. Throughout their journey, Wood uses\u003cbr\u003e her notebook as a shield to keep unruly emotions at bay, often taking \u003cbr\u003ecomfort in her role as advocate and forgetting to \"be the daughter,\" as \u003cbr\u003eone doctor reminds her to do. Meanwhile, her mother's penchant for \u003cbr\u003edenial and childlike tendency toward magical thinking lead to moments of\u003cbr\u003e humor even as Wood battles the red tape of hospital bureaucracies, the \u003cbr\u003efrustration of planning in the midst of an unpredictable illness, and \u003cbr\u003ethe unintentional inhumanity of a healthcare system that too often fails\u003cbr\u003e to see the person behind the medical chart.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 296\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 8.4 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 13, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47422450663602,"sku":"9781631526305","price":17.12,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/bY26bKvhwq9781631526305.webp?v=1783311456","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/bound-a-daughter-a-domme-and-an-end-of-life-story-paperback","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}