A chronicle of the profound, life-changing, and laugh-out-loud funny moments in the journey of an Alzheimer's caregiver Kate Whouley is a smart, single woman who faces life head-on. Her mother, Anne, is a strong-minded accidental feminist with a weakness for unreliable men. Their complicated relationship isn't simplified when Anne exhibits symptoms of organic memory loss. As Kate becomes her mother's advocate and protector, she will discover that the demon we call Alzheimer's is also an unlikely teacher-and healer. For anyone who has faced and fought the decline of a parent or loved one, this…mehr
A chronicle of the profound, life-changing, and laugh-out-loud funny moments in the journey of an Alzheimer's caregiver Kate Whouley is a smart, single woman who faces life head-on. Her mother, Anne, is a strong-minded accidental feminist with a weakness for unreliable men. Their complicated relationship isn't simplified when Anne exhibits symptoms of organic memory loss. As Kate becomes her mother's advocate and protector, she will discover that the demon we call Alzheimer's is also an unlikely teacher-and healer. For anyone who has faced and fought the decline of a parent or loved one, this book will touch your heart, make you smile, and, quite possibly, change the way you think about love, life, and loss.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Kate Whouley lives on Cape Cod, Massachusetts, where she is the founder and owner of Books in Common, an independent book-industry consulting company. Her first book, Cottage for Sale, Must Be Moved, was a Book Sense Book-of-the-Year nominee. Whouley’s personal essays have appeared in the Cape Cod Times, Boston Globe, and the book-industry online journal Shelf Awareness.
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Chapter One: What We Don’t Know Chapter Two: Eating Cake Chapter Three: Minding My Business Chapter Four: House Hunt Chapter Five: Smoking Chapter Six: Mother-Daughter Chapter Seven: Don’t Get Old Chapter Eight: Forgetting Chapter Nine: So Sue Me Chapter Ten: Sundown at Sunrise Chapter Eleven: Only Child Chapter Twelve: Life Inside Chapter Thirteen: Romper Room Chapter Fourteen: Wintering Chapter Fifteen: In the Pink Chapter Sixteen: Imperfection Chapter Seventeen: Bad News Santa Chapter Eighteen: Hollywood Ending Chapter Nineteen: The Moment Chapter Twenty: Mother’s Day Chapter Twenty-one: Till It’s Gone Chapter Twenty-two: DNR Chapter Twenty-three: Irish Wake Chapter Twenty-four: After Words
Chapter One: What We Don’t Know Chapter Two: Eating Cake Chapter Three: Minding My Business Chapter Four: House Hunt Chapter Five: Smoking Chapter Six: Mother-Daughter Chapter Seven: Don’t Get Old Chapter Eight: Forgetting Chapter Nine: So Sue Me Chapter Ten: Sundown at Sunrise Chapter Eleven: Only Child Chapter Twelve: Life Inside Chapter Thirteen: Romper Room Chapter Fourteen: Wintering Chapter Fifteen: In the Pink Chapter Sixteen: Imperfection Chapter Seventeen: Bad News Santa Chapter Eighteen: Hollywood Ending Chapter Nineteen: The Moment Chapter Twenty: Mother’s Day Chapter Twenty-one: Till It’s Gone Chapter Twenty-two: DNR Chapter Twenty-three: Irish Wake Chapter Twenty-four: After Words
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