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As much as I felt we were getting to know Sophie and it was starting to feel like she was just another one of our crazy relatives there was still so much that we didn't know about her. After more than two years how was it possible that she was still very much the stranger in our recliner?
- Sales Rank: #777578 in Books
- Published on: 2016-01-26
- Released on: 2016-01-26
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 8.88" h x .65" w x 5.88" l, .85 pounds
- Binding: Paperback
- 288 pages
Review
"The Stranger in My Recliner isriveting, a book that captures the reader's attention not just by
It's fascinating story, but bythe light it shines on society's ignorance about mental illness.
As I read the book, I kept askingmyself, "What would I have done?" and more importantly, "What more can we dofor all the other Sophie's out there?"
The author tells this true,gut-wrenching story directly from her heart, and in doing so brings many issuessurrounding mental illness in today's world out into the open for discussion,examination, and hopefully for some change."
--Peg DeGrassa
Senior Editor, Delco News Network
"After a devastating divorce andwhile in the hospital for two months with congestive heart failure, I becamehomeless. My life was changed irrevocably--overnight. Upon my release, I wasmoved into a shelter. The hospital provided me a 'protective filing' with thesocial security administration, so it only took five months for me to beapproved for disability.
If anyone reading this thinks, 'Geethat will never happen to me, I'll never become homeless' they need to thinkagain. Doreen is right. Homelessness can happen to anybody. This book is timelyand important."
--Mary Wallace
Violist, Tampa Bay Symphony; Authorof the Homeless Chronicles
About the Author
Doreen has written for several Philadelphia area newspapers and magazines.She is a freelance journalist, award winning blogger, content writer,ghostwriter, speaker and an author. Until recently she worked as a caregiver forthe elderly most of whom are in Hospice Care.
She is an active member of and sits on the board of The Press Club ofPa.,(w/National Press Club affiliation), the chairperson and facilitator of thePress Club Professional Development Workshop Series, a member of the MilitaryWriters Society of America, the Nonfiction Authors Association, Lower BucksCreative Writers and Hot Penz. She is an instructor at Delaware County CommunityCollege.
She is an outspoken advocate for the elderly who are often victimized and tooembarrassed to report the crime, an advocate for all victims of crime (formerboard member for the Network of Victims Assistance [NOVA,] Pennsylvania'slargest comprehensive victim service organization. Doreen also works to raiseawareness of and to end the stigma surrounding mental illness, suicide andhomelessness.
She lives in Delaware County, Pa. just south of Philadelphia with her husbandJohn.
Doreen and John have 5 grown children (2 more in heaven) and 13 grandchildren (their own little cult). Their lives are never boring.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful.
A beautiful memoir.
By Sharon Nobilio
“The right thing to do is never the easiest,” writes Doreen M. Mcgettigan.
“I wanted to look past it, to keep walking, or to throw money and canned goods at it, but … it was right under my roof… wearing my pajamas.”
When her good-hearted husband rescues a destitute old lady one cold winter night, little did Doreen know that this pathetic creature would remain in their home long enough to seem like one of their “crazy relatives.”
Soon the dichotomy between the two women—one a trained caregiver with an overly heightened olfactory sense and a compulsion for cleanliness and order, the other a “germ-ridden, smelly, and very lazy elderly woman”—is surprisingly humorous, often frustrating, but oh, so very human.
Even more compelling than Ms. Mcgettigan’s skillful reporting on our system’s complacency in recognizing, much less treating, mental illness, The Stranger in my Recliner is the heartfelt and tragic story of Sophie—and the Good Samaritan couple, Doreen and John, who open their home, and their hearts, to this frail and confused old soul.
Bravo, Doreen Mcgettigan. As an advocate for the lost and broken victims of our society, you walk the talk.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful.
Homeless People Deserve Our Love and Care
By Amazon Customer
The publisher/author sent me a copy for an honest review
A Stranger in My Recliner: My Review
It’s below freezing outside and you are wandering the streets because you have no place to go and no one that care about you or will take you in. The system of services cannot find you because you do not have an address so where are they going to send your checks? Wandering the streets you have one favorite hangout, McDonalds where you and some of your other friends stay until closing time when you have to find a place to sleep outside where you won’t get mugged or injured. But, people walk by you seeing you sitting on the sidewalk, covered with newspapers or a thread-born coat just stares at you and walk the other way. You eyes are clear; your face is alert yet many think you are not mentally stable. No one knows your story nor do they care to know it. What happens to so many of these people that are homeless and do not want to go to shelters, whose families just up and left them to fend for themselves and one special lady named Sophie who became the Stranger in John and Doreen’s recliner. This is a true story of compassion, understanding, love and hope for one 80-year-old woman. As you hear Doreen, our narrator telling the story you will cry, scream, laugh and wonder just what these agencies that are supposed to help are doing and why they don’t seem to quite get it. With all of her heart, with all of her resentment at times and fears, what happens with Sophie will warm your heart, fill your eyes with tears and bring a special smile to your face and love for both John and Doreen. As John was driving home one day and found Sophie sitting on the sidewalk outside and called Doreen asking to bring her home. What would you do if you were Doreen? How can you open your home and heart to a complete stranger? This is a story that everyone needs to read.
The voices heard are Sophie’s and Doreen’s as the emotions vary yet are the same. Each frustrated and angry over their situations and Doreen helpless at times not knowing how to make this stranger feel comfortable and safe. Doreen’s fears, upsets and emotional upheavals are apparent when she asks Sophie to join her and her family on trips that would lighten her burden and make her part of their lives. Her children and grandchildren are accepting to a point but Sophie’s fears and the remembrances of her own children that cast her aside cause a barrier to come up and she can’t seem to let it down. The author’s research is quite extensive into the homeless, the bureaucratic agencies and their lack of support of help.
John is supportive and there for her but basically it is all on Doreen. Even getting two precious dogs and asking Sophie to care for them while she is away put a strain on her during their vacation. Sophie’s anger seemed bottled up and when asked to provide medical documents or anything else the amount of time she took was insurmountable. When Doreen finally went through her ratty bag what she found was information to help her sort out some of her family and medical issues and taking her shopping and in her car other landmarks became apparent. Sophie is definitely ill and needs a doctor but does she have something terminal or are her outbursts and memory problems Dementia/Alzheimer’s? As the story progresses the author includes pictures of Sophie, memories that she had, a photo of where John found her and some pictures of Doreen’s grandchildren that she identified with and more. Added in we learn about her children, her marriages, the abuse she went through and other people in her life wondering what is reality and what if not.
Doreen sites many laws, statues and different places that she researched and visited to learn more about the rights of the homeless and mentally ill that readers need to read for themselves to understand the gravity of the situation and how far she went to learn more about the system and why is often fails so many. Do you realize that if someone is mentally ill and feels they are not they cannot be committed? She cared for Sophie and learning more about her family makes you wonder what kind of fiber they were made of. She also shared with Doreen about the life living in the woods, the people that beat her up and her trip to her primary doctor who missed something grave. Taking her to live in Fair Acres was one of the hardest decisions she and John had to make but much safer and better for Sophie as it was taking its toll on both of them. Added in we learn about the new cases the author was given and the deplorable conditions some patients lived in because of lack of care.
There are many resources that are listed and the volume of information is vast as we learn more about Sophie’s life, and Doreen contacting her son Billy and her two friends Lisa and Bob. Both Lisa and Bob filled in much of what she did not know along with the fact that Lisa allowed her to use her address to get her mail. Friendships are tested. A marriage was made stronger and a woman named Sophie was granted three years of life because two people could not stand to see her all alone. Understanding that she spoke like a little child at times and feared doctors for a reason Sophie’s voice is heard loud and clear as you wonder if she did not bury herself within a protective shell so she would not get hurt. This is a powerful book that needs to be placed in every library, every hospital library, nursing home and for caregivers to understand what needs to be done to help the homeless and those that cannot care for themselves. What they did in Utah to help the homeless by giving them housing and much more is commendable and should happen everywhere else. To Doreen thank you for giving me the honor or reviewing this title and for making Sophie a part of my life too. The pictures helped me get to know her better and the story is one that needs to be told over and over again. I know that at times you think that you did the wrong thing but Doreen you and John gave an older woman her life back in some way for three years. The blue recliner that she loved and thought of as her safety net I hope that you still have as a remembrance.
Let’s dedicate this to Sophie and all those homeless people that deserve our love, kindness, help and understanding. The next time you see someone sitting alone on the street do not walk by them with distain remember: IT COULD BE YOU!
Let’s give this book FIVE GOLDEN BLUE RECLINERS IN MEMORY OF SOPHIE
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful.
Never Give Up
By Beth Firce
I'd been taught to treat people the way the God said we should but I'd never known anyone who took those words as literally as Doreen and John. An elderly stranger, mentally unstable, sometimes incontinent, sometimes mean spirited and at times destructive takes up residence in their recliner. Yet, Doreen made her feel welcome in her own home. It started out of her love and loyalty to her husband, John, who knew Sophie first. I saw, in this book, more than simply a kind deed done for an old lady. I saw what selfless people can do to make the life of one person better. It was difficult for Doreen, as she was the main caregiver for Sophie, but she never gave up. The mental health system and elderly assistance makes it impossible to find the resources desperately needed for so many homeless on the streets. I believe that Doreen opened the eyes of the government agencies that she dealt with. The woman is a bulldog when she is on a mission! Sophie's story could be anyone's story if changes aren't made to accommodate those living from one paycheck to the next, or unable to work due to health or age. The Stranger In My Recliner is an excellent example of kindness, selflessness, perseverance, loyalty, and just doing the right thing.
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