Includes bibliographical references (pages 273-275) and index
""Cover""; ""Title Page""; ""Contents""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Introduction: Family Caregivers in Fiction and Poetry""; ""Part I. Children of Aging Parents""; ""1. Diem Perdidi by Julie Otsuka""; ""2. Whosoever: The Language of Mothers and Sons by Rick Moody""; ""3. The Third Dumpster by Gish Jen""; ""4. Water by Li-Young Lee""; ""5. Lucky by Tony Hoagland""; ""6. Fathers and Sons by David Mason""; ""7. Yesterday by W. S. Merwin""; ""8. Ode to Meaning by Robert Pinsky""; ""9. Buckdancer�s Choice by James Dickey""; ""10. Where the Groceries Went by Raymond Carver""
""22. He Read to Her by Anne Brashler""""Part III. Parents and Sick Children""; ""23. How to Win by Rosellen Brown""; ""24. People Like That Are the Only People Here by Lorrie Moore""; ""25. Childrenâ€?s Ward by Sarah Day""; ""26. Parents Support Group by Dick Allen""; ""27. Starter by Amy Hanridge""; ""Part IV. Relatives, Lovers, and Friends""; ""28. The Closet by Allegra Goodman""; ""29. The Caregiver by Eugenia Collier""; ""30. Atlantis by Mark Doty""; ""31. Oceanic Hotel, Nice by Tereze GluÌ?ck""; ""Part V. Paid Caregivers""; ""32. A Pension Plan by Ha Jin""
""33. A Bad Day for Pisces by Fran Pokras Yariv""""34. Wheelchair by Lewis Nordan""; ""35. God�s Goodness: A Short Story by Marjorie Kemper""; ""Resources""; ""Contributors""
