{"product_id":"my-fathers-keeper-paperback-by-jonathan-g-silin","title":"My Father's Keeper Paperback by Jonathan G. Silin","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n                \n                    \n                        \u003ch2\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eProduct Details\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n                        \u003cul\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cb\u003eBeacon Press\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e(2007-05-15)\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLanguage\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003eEnglish\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePaperback\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e184\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003epages\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e9780807079652\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eItem Weight\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e249.48\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003egrams\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e20.7 x 13.59 x 1.4\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003ecm\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                        \u003c\/ul\u003e\n                        \u003cbr\u003e\n                        \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eMy Father's Keeper\u003c\/i\u003e is the moving story of Jonathan Silin, a gay man in midlife who learned to care for his elderly parents as a series of life-threatening illnesses forced them to make the difficult transition from being independent to being reliant on their son. Their new needs and unrelenting demands brought them into intimate daily contact and radically transformed what had been a difficult and emotionally fraught relationship.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMy Father's Keeper\u003c\/i\u003e chronicles the unexpected ways in which the ideas and skills Silin acquired as an early childhood educator, a specialist in life span development, and a compassionate witness to the devastation of the HIV\/AIDS crisis came together with his interest in human psychology to deeply inform his thinking about the dramatic changes in his family's life and increasingly influence his role as his father's (and mother's) keeper. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThrough the months and years of his parents' decline, Silin reflects on their history as a family, recalling the pain of his father's psychological struggles through midlife and the uneasy, imperfect process of accepting his son as a gay man and accepting his son's partner into the family. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMy Father's Keeper\u003c\/i\u003e is a book about beginnings and endings, loss and redemption, the ethics of intervention, and the pressing needs of two extremely vulnerable populations.\u003c\/p\u003e\n                        \u003ch3\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n                        \u003cp\u003eJonathan G. Silin, a member of the graduate faculty at Bank Street College of Education in New York, has published articles in \u003ci\u003eHarvard Educational Review, Teachers College Record,\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eEducational Theory,\u003c\/i\u003e as well as in more popular periodicals such as \u003ci\u003eNewsday, The Chronicle of Higher Education,\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eEducation Week.\u003c\/i\u003e He is the author of \u003ci\u003eSex, Death, and the Education of Children,\u003c\/i\u003e coeditor of \u003ci\u003ePutting the Children First,\u003c\/i\u003e and coproducer of \u003ci\u003eChildren Talk About AIDS.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n                    \n                \n            \u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Best Bookstore","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":46555031863457,"sku":"BBSNIJ9780807079652","price":16.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0525\/2084\/5473\/files\/9780807079652.jpg?v=1781779350","url":"https:\/\/www.bestbookstore.ca\/products\/my-fathers-keeper-paperback-by-jonathan-g-silin","provider":"Best Book Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}