Notes from a nursing home: ‘Our books told of who we were. The story of us. Then the movers came and asked what should go’
- Posted on August 1, 2026
- By The Guardian
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Notes from a nursing home: ‘Our books told of who we were. The story of us. Then the movers came and asked what should go’
Pencil marks in the margins of books gathered over a lifetime was proof of a life lived. So when it came time for Andrew McKean to move into aged care, leaving his books behind made the self thinner
