Avec le vieillissement de la population, nous sommes de plus en plus nombreux à nous occuper de nos parents et de nos proches - soit quelque 8,8 millions de personnes au Royaume-Uni. Une armée invisible d'aidants qui maintient la cohésion des familles. Kate Mosse raconte ici l'histoire personnelle qu'elle a vécue en tant qu'aidante ayant la quarantaine : d'abord, elle a aidé sa mère à s'occuper de son père bien-aimé atteint de la maladie de Parkinson, puis elle a soutenu sa mère dans son deuil, et enfin, elle est devenue "une paire de mains supplémentaire" pour sa belle-mère de 90 ans.

As our population ages, more and more of us find ourselves caring for parents and loved ones - some 8.8 million people in the UK. An invisible army of carers holding families together. Here, Kate Mosse tells her personal story of finding herself as a carer in middle age: first, helping her mother look after her beloved father through Parkinson's, then supporting her mother in widowhood, and finally as 'an extra pair of hands' for her 90-year-old mother-in-law. This is a story about the gentle heroism of our carers, about small everyday acts of tenderness, and finding joy in times of crisis. It's about juggling priorities, mind-numbing repetition, about guilt and powerlessness, about grief, and the solace of nature when we're exhausted or at a loss. It is also about celebrating older people, about learning to live differently - and think differently about ageing. But most of all, it's a story about love.