Kathy J. Phillips

I read this book about a year ago, shortly after my own father had died following a long Illness.

Phillips' empathetic treatment of aging and of the challenges facing the caregivers of elderly parents moved me. I found reading this book to be a meditative process. It unfolds slowly as it reveals different faces of aging and death through Kuan Yin.

This book helped me to put the death of my father into perspective and was a large part of the healing process.

I recommend it to anyone who is caring for an elder or working in a hospice situation.… (meer)

I enjoyed the interaction between the author and her father, but was put off by the Kuan Yin part of her care-giving journey. I bravely tried to read it as part of the book, but found that I had to
skip over it eventually. I do think that someone interested in that concept or the Buddhist goddess of compassion Kuan Yin would find this book a very good read.
I recommend it with reservations and a side comment that one should review it in the bookstore before buying it and having to skip portions of it. Otherwise, enjoy and use it to remind of us of the aging in society.… (meer)