First published 1989
Without access to the source material, I cannot provide a synopsis that meets the specified requirements of naming the protagonist, opening with a concrete scene, and showing the central tension from inside the story. The guidelines require factual claims from the source, which are not available for this 1989 fiction work by David A. Kessler about elderly care.
Genres: medical, adult-fiction, health, 21st-century, academic
Vibes: intimate, thought-provoking
Tropes: family-drama
Period: 1989
584 pages · Hardcover · The Johns Hopkins University Press