Untethered: A Caregiver's Tale is fiction from the comic side of the "sandwich generation"-working moms and dads "sandwiched" between the older and younger generations, caring for everyone but themselves. The story is cathartic fun aimed not at our seniors, but in praise of caregivers everywhere.

Tom Conklin is a workaday administrator and proud baby boomer whose sandwiched life explodes when his recent divorce ends in marriage to Mel-a sexy, younger French colleague-as he begins caring for his aging and increasingly difficult parents. With Mel's desire for...