A review by cseibs
Elsewhere by Richard Russo

3.0

With a willful, but ailing grandmother, I found this book to be enlightening and comforting. I think Russo does a good job of communicating the angst of playing caretaker. It felt a little uneven and seemed to focus too little on Russo's own actions (which perhaps was a product of the overarching relationship with his mother). I also found it strange that Russo didn't consider his mother's mental illness until she had passed. Were all the warning signs described in the book the result if hindsight?