Already Toast: Caregiving and Burnout in America. Washington 9780807055526**

Beacon Press

The story of one woman\u0092s struggle to care for her seriously ill husband\u0097and a revealing look at the role unpaid family caregivers play in a society that fails to provide them with structural support.\nAlready Toast shows how all-consuming caregiving can be, how difficult it is to find support, and how the social and literary narratives that have long locked women into providing emotional labor also keep them in unpaid caregiving roles. When Kate Washington and her husband, Brad, learned that he had cancer, they were a young couple: professionals with ascending careers, parents to two small children. Brad\u0092s diagnosis stripped those identities away: he became a patient and she his caregiver.\nBrad\u0092s cancer quickly turned aggressive, necessitating a stem-cell transplant that triggered a massive\n\nAlready Toast\nCaregiving and Burnout in America\nFree UK delivery on this item.\n\nThis brand new item is available with free UK delivery using Royal Mail tracked services;