Harvest Moon: Portrait of a Nursing Home, by Sallie Tisdale, tells us about the realities of daily life in a nursing home. It concerns all of us! In her portrait of a nursing home, Tisdale brings to life a unique community and all of its idiosyncratic members. The nursing home is a kind of tribal village with a culture of its own, its own language, rituals, and hierarchy.
With extraordinary eloquence, she tells the day-to-day story of Harvest Moon Care Center, much like many other nursing homes in the United States. With lucidity, insight, and compassion, she explores the complex problems facing nursing homes, patients, and their families. Sallie Tisdale brings the issues into focus. Sometimes grim, often inspiring, Harvest Moon is unforgettable. Reprint by Beard Books, $34.95.
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