Materials on Hand: A Poetic Tale of Compassionate Caregiving

Written as a poem a day the final year of her mother’s life, Materials on Hand shines a light on the fine line between heartache and beauty. A spiritual journey set against the backdrop of dementia, the book serves as a roadmap to transcendence. Piercingly honest and self aware, Page Nolker distills the emotional complexities of caregiving into simple revelations about what it means to be human-and the transforming power of unconditional love. Written with humor and compassion in a voice anyone can relate to, Materials on Hand reminds us that the potential for joy exists even in the darkest sorrow.