At a mere 81 pages, this book merits consideration in a wide array of disciplines as an ancillary text... here is a small memoir crafted not by a scholar of aging or an everyday caregiver but by a professor with an English degree, someone who can turn mere words into powerful swords, conveying deep meanings. It can be recommended as a resource for caregivers, caregiving support groups, and families of stroke survivors...

Carol A. Gosselink, PsycCRITIQUES

As her book shows through wrenching examples, care for her father is necessary, required and urgent, but women are not always in a position to give it freely.

Summer/Fall 2007, Mothering, Race, Ethnicity, Culture and Class

As her book shows through wrenching examples, care for her father is necessay, required, and urgent, but women are not always in a position to give it freely.

Journal Of The Association For Research On Mothering

The everydayness of the experience of Gerber's…work offers some of the most fertile ground for feminist analysis within and outside of women's studies courses. [It offers]…a rich and meaningful way to analyze rigorously the role of dutiful daughter, the evolution of the U.S. health care system, and the complexity of family dynamics.

Annie Dollin, Northern Kentucky University, Feminist Formations