{"product_id":"in-sickness-and-in-health","title":"In Sickness and in Health \/\/ Love Stories from the Front Lines of America’s Caregiving Crisis","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAn urgent and deeply affecting account of America's failure to provide meaningful support to its chronically ill and disabled citizens and our resulting reliance on the unpaid caregiving labor of spouses and intimate partners.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhen twenty-seven-year-old Laura Mauldin moved to New York for graduate school, she fell headlong into love. But just months into the relationship, her partner’s leukemia returned—and in a country without adequate systems for long-term care, Laura found herself quietly and devastatingly transformed from romantic partner to unpaid, full-time caregiver, fighting to keep the woman she loved alive in a system designed to let them both fall through the cracks. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNow a sociologist and professor of disability studies, Dr. Mauldin turns her private pain into a searing public investigation. To better understand her own experience, she speaks with couples across the country navigating the brutal, lonely fallout of chronic illness and disability. These are heartbreaking stories of love under strain — relationships full of extraordinary intimacy and resilience, but pushed to the edge by an ableist society that would rather look away from its most vulnerable citizens. At the heart of this investigation is a profound series of questions: What if love isn’t enough? What if our most cherished romantic ideals—commitment, sacrifice, “in sickness and in health” — have been weaponized to excuse the state from its responsibilities? And what happens to love when we ask it to do the work of an entire broken system? \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eUrgent, unflinching, and full of grace,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eIn Sickness and In Health\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis a rallying cry for a radical reimagining of care—not as an individual act of devotion, but as a collective responsibility. In connecting the care crisis to the politics of love and intimacy, Mauldin reframes the conversation, urging us to build a world where no one is left to do the work of love alone.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLaura Mauldin\u003c\/strong\u003e is an Associate Professor in the Department of Social and Critical Inquiry at the University of Connecticut. In 2024, she was named a New America Fellow, and her writing has appeared in the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eLos Angeles Review of Books, The Baffler,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003eand\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eThe American Prospect,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003eamong other outlets.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLaura is a nationally certified sign language interpreter and maintains the website \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eDisability at Home,\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e which highlights the ingenuity of disabled people and caregivers sharing advice on how to make homes accessible. She lives with her partner and child in Brooklyn, New York. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eIn Sickness and in Health\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is her first book.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePublisher: Ecco\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePublish Date: February 10, 2026\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePages: 272\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLanguage: English\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eType: Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEAN\/UPC: 9780063339132\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDimensions: \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e8.3 in H | 5.5 in W | 0.9 in T | 0.7 lb Wt\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBISAC Categories: Politics, Biography \u0026amp; Memoir\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Laura Mauldin","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48177216815339,"sku":"9780063339132","price":29.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0253\/4014\/9820\/files\/9780063339132.jpg?v=1777745114","url":"https:\/\/rep.club\/products\/in-sickness-and-in-health","provider":"Reparations Club","version":"1.0","type":"link"}