One Mother–For Sale
Posted in China, aging, american, books, cancer, caregiving, dark humor, daughters, doctors, eBay, eldercare, emotional, family, financial, geriatrics, global healthcare, health, healthcare, internet, medicine, mothering, mothers, relationships, television, women on May 24, 2007 | 1 Comment »
I wanted this to be funny–that someone in China is selling her mother on the internet. Sounds funny–in that sick, dark humor style I wrote many of the vignettes in my book, MOTHERING MOTHER. Your mom gets on your nerves and you threaten her with eBay…. tell her the minutes are counting down, there’s a bidding war, mom–pack [...]
