The Night Garden

<p><strong style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Tyler's ability to dissect the parent-child relationship is unmatched.</strong></p><p><strong style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>- Titan GOLD AWARD</strong></p><p></p><p><em style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>The Night Garden: Of My Mother</em><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> is an honest beautifully written exploration of the intricate bonds between mothers and daughters.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Sandra Tyler the acclaimed author of </span><em style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Blue Glass</em><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> a</span><strong style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> New York Times Notable Book of The Year</strong><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> mines what it means to be divided between these roles with empathy and affectionate comedy.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>When her 86-year-old mother falls and breaks her hip Sandra Tyler is 42 with a nursing infant and precocious toddler.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>After this fall Tyler's mother insists on hiring her own caregivers-a motley patchwork of lost souls including the too-friendly who think Scrabble is a good idea. But when she has a near-fatal fall it is the author who hires a live-in aide Chandice who moves into her mother's house as if it were her own with her KitchenAid mixer and apple-and-kale concoctions. Where should Tyler's allegiance lie? At what cost to their relationship should she no longer defer to her mother's steadfast guidance?</span></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>As her mother's dementia worsens Chandice warns the author about other daughters gone crazy watching their mothers become unrecognizable. After her mother's death the author is admitted to a psychiatric ward where she sleeps the sleep of the dying as her mother slept in her final weeks. But in the timelessness of this ward she can wonder: what exactly had always been at the core of their bond?</span></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>In breathtaking prose</span><em style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> The Night Garden </em><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>candidly explores what it means for a daughter to have her focus fractured by conflicting responsibilities while still seeking above all else her mother's approval protection and love.</span></p><p></p>