Don't Say a Word - Marcus, Elizabeth Roper
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When Elizabeth Marcus's tyrannical parents toss caution aside-along with everything she says-she struggles to make sense of their poignant, often hilarious plunge into old age in Mexico. Bizarre new friends appear; absurd disasters follow. Don't Say A Word! illuminates the maddening challenge of watching our parents' final decline, a challenge familiar to frazzled adult-children everywhere.

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When Elizabeth Marcus's tyrannical parents toss caution aside-along with everything she says-she struggles to make sense of their poignant, often hilarious plunge into old age in Mexico. Bizarre new friends appear; absurd disasters follow. Don't Say A Word! illuminates the maddening challenge of watching our parents' final decline, a challenge familiar to frazzled adult-children everywhere.
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Elizabeth Marcus grew up in Manhattan, the only child of a dentist and a Macy's dress buyer, the Zeus and Hera of Apartment 2B. After escaping to Boston, she ran a small architectural office for 20 years, when she wasn't traveling to far-flung places with her psychiatrist husband and rambunctious children. Eventually, she decided to concentrate on writing, which allows her to pursue the many, quirky questions that fascinate her: Why are butterflies called 'butterflies'? Why can't she recall the taste of wines? Why are first-love memories so potent? Her essays have appeared in The New York Times and Boston Globe, on online sites like Cognoscenti, and in essay anthologies like Travelers' Tales. "Don't Say A Word!": A Daughter's Two Cents, in 90,571 Words is her first book. She posts essays related to the book at www.eLizWrites.com; she posts essays about everything else at www.archive.eLizWrites.com. She lives in Boston.