ANOTHER COUNTRY

Mary Pipher offers families a much needed road map of the world of caring for aged parents. With empathy, caring and compassion, Joan Allen leads the listener past roadblocks and potholes and establishes a thoughtful, steady course toward life's conclusion. Allen relays Pipher's experiences with clients, friends and her own family as they cope with life's twilight. Allen's fluid delivery easily conveys the high emotional impact and important life lessons of this significant life transition. Families coping with aging parents will find reassurance and thoughtful guidelines rendered with honesty and strength, all in an effort to improve the way we view the aging process. H.L.S. © AudioFile, Portland, Maine [Published: AUG/SEP 99]