The Twilight Years Author:Sawako Ariyoshi, Mildred Tahara (Translator) Akiko is a working wife and mother of a teenage son. When her mother-in-law suddenly dies of a stroke, Akiko becomes the sole caregiver for her selfish father-in-law Shegezo. — The Twilight Years raises important issues about the quality of life at the end of life, caregiving for the old, and the dilemma of women who have both caree... more »r and family obligations.« less