![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() She spent time with her mother at the expense of her own children and at times resented her duty to her mom – and then suddenly, she was gone leaving a void. Plum helped her mother with tasks and she admitted that she yearned for freedom. There was an obligation to spend time together. The relationship between mother and daughter was strained at times. She came to know her mother more intimately and learned about herself during the 16 months she spent in the home. The author spent a year living in her parent’s home, going through the history of a lifetime, donating junk and cataloguing belongings. Plum Johnson is visiting the Burford Branch of the County of Brant Library next weekend to talk about her book describing her experience cleaning out her childhood home after the loss of her elderly mother. ![]()
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