English Summary/英文概要： Enter Mourning powerfully chronicles the author’s difficult journey through her mother’s decline and death from an insidious condition. Heather Menzies and her siblings struggle as part of the sandwich generation that provides care for both their immediate family and their aging parents. From dismissing her mother’s dementia to moving her into a nursing home, Menzies must continuously shift her focus while dealing with difficult emotions raised by her brother and sister. Balancing poetic language and practical sensibilities, Enter Mourning limns a mother losing her grip on reality and a daughter coming to grips with her own as she chronicles her transformative journey from self-interested baby boomer to a “slower, more rhythmic language of touch, gesture, and cadence.”

Chinese Summary/中文概要： 海拾兹曼兹通过她的母亲的谢绝和在一个被害状态下的死亡，有效地走完作者艰辛的旅程。海拾兹曼兹和她的兄弟作为被夹在中间的一代,为提供照顾她们的直系亲属和他们正变老的父母而奋斗。为了治好母亲的痴呆而把她送入私人疗养院，曼兹必须转移她的焦点，与此同时要处理被她的兄弟姐妹所制造的难缠的情感。平衡有诗意的语言和实际的情感。进入哀悼描述一个母亲，失去她的现实和女儿，来到只有她和她圣经的变化旅程，从自私的人变成一个“平静的，有动感节奏的语言的，有姿态的和有韵律的人。”(QH)