
They Left Us Everything
A Memoir
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Narrated by:
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Pilar Witherspoon
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By:
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Plum Johnson
A warm, heartfelt memoir of family, loss, and a house jam-packed with decades of goods and memories.
After almost 20 years of caring for elderly parents - first for their senile father and then for their cantankerous 93-year-old mother - author Plum Johnson and her three younger brothers have finally fallen to their middle-aged knees with conflicted feelings of grief and relief. Now they must empty and sell the beloved family home, 23 rooms bulging with history, antiques, and oxygen tanks. Plum thought, How tough will that be? I know how to buy garbage bags. But the task turns out to be much harder and more rewarding than she ever imagined.
Items from childhood trigger difficult memories of her eccentric family growing up in the 1950s and '60s, but unearthing new facts about her parents helps her reconcile those relationships, with a more accepting perspective about who they were and what they valued. They Left Us Everything is a funny, touching memoir about the importance of preserving family history to make sense of the past and nurturing family bonds to safeguard the future.
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Thought provoking
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Perhaps I’ll leave everything too.
Thanks
An interesting, eye opening, and enjoyable book
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Wonderful Book
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Surprisingly resonant memoir
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great voice, meh storyline
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Story Too Slowly Developed
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A lovely tribute to two of the Greatest Generation
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The author's descriptions of the house, the lake, and the town urge me to visit -- or at least to study photos of them. What a wonderful environment to grow up in.
Most importantly, the growth of the author's awareness of the cycle of life, and the concomitant growth of her appreciation for her parents. Parent-child relationships can be tremendously complex. The author's vulnerable and candid reflections are inspiring and encouraging.
Thank you, Plum, for sharing your life and your love of family with me.
Deep self-knowledge through bittersweet reflection
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