Actress Audrey Jenkinson had just landed her big break in the BBC television series Trainer when she received the devastating news that her mother had suffered a stroke and her father was diagnosed with cancer. With both parents requiring constant care, she was forced to put her life and career on hold and return home to Edinburgh to nurse them through their final months. In Past Caring, Audrey describes how she tried to cope with her parents' deaths and recalls the 'void' she felt at the time. "I was burnt out, lost, had no interest in what had once been my career," she says. "I wondered how others coped in similar situations but when I discovered there were no books on the subject, I decided to write one." She travelled throughout the UK, interviewing former carers and asking them how they rebuilt their lives. "The stories I heard were both fascinating and uplifting, and I knew other people would find them interesting and helpful." Past Caring also includes a twelve-step recovery guide based on what past carers told her.

About the Author
Audrey Jenkinson was starring in the BBC Television drama series Trainer when she put her acting career on hold and returned home to Edinburgh to care for her parents. Following their deaths, she lived on houseboats in New York and Henley before returning to research and write her book Past Caring, a collection of moving testimonies from carers coming to terms with life after caring. She has since set up a role-play company On a Role, supplying professional actors with strong improvisation skills for a variety of training situations. Audrey Jenkinson is a Millennium Fellow

Reviews
"With Jenkinson's positive approach to picking up the pieces post-caring, she is surely on the road to becoming a life coach." The Guardian "A remarkably candid book." Daily Mail



Book Information
ISBN 9780954423360
Author Audrey Jenkinson
Format Paperback
Page Count 256
Imprint Polperro Heritage Press
Publisher Polperro Heritage Press