{"product_id":"where-is-grandma-hardcover","title":"Where Is Grandma? - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAlena Forbes\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat do older women know about resilience that the rest of us risk losing?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDrawing on original doctoral research and conversations with twenty-eight women between the ages of sixty-five and ninety-six, \u003cem\u003eWhere Is Grandma?\u003c\/em\u003e explores how resilience is constructed and reconstructed across a lifetime.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe women spoke about illness, widowhood, financial strain, displacement, caregiving, work, friendship, family, gardens, animals, and the ordinary practices that helped them continue. Their accounts reveal resilience not as a fixed trait that some people possess and others lack, but as something built through daily habits, inner resources, relationships, and the refusal to be defined by adversity.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eParticipants' experiences came together in five interconnected categories: building and sustaining an everyday resilience architecture; refusing to be defined by what happened; cultivating inner resources; naming the conditions that shaped what was possible; and deciding what resilience means to each woman now. These are not five steps or a formula to follow. They are patterns that emerged across the women's lives.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt the center of the book is a question of inheritance: What happens to the knowledge accumulated across a lifetime when no one thinks to ask about it?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eWhere Is Grandma?\u003c\/em\u003e is not a self-help book. It is an account of what women learn through grief, work, family, displacement, aging, and beginning again-and what might still pass between generations if we make time to listen. Includes a reader's reflection and book club discussion guide.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 104\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.31 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 18, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67869802922142,"sku":"9798997650803","price":30.74,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7748\/8030\/files\/hjYg--lgDr9798997650803.webp?v=1793314747","url":"https:\/\/theword.com\/products\/where-is-grandma-hardcover","provider":"TheWord.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}