What Flowers Remember (2014) Wiersbitzky, S. South Hampton, NH Namelos Fic Wie Delia and Old Red Clancy make quite a pair. He has the know-how and she has the get-up-and-go. When they dream up a seed-and flower-selling business, well, look out, Tucker’s Ferry, because here they come. But something is happening to Old Red. And the doctors say he can’t be cured. He’s forgetting places and names and getting cranky for no reason. As his condition worsens, Delia takes it upon herself to save as many memories as she can. Her mission is to gather Old Red’s stories so that no one will forget, and she corrals everybody in town to help her. What Flowers Remember is the story of love and loss, of a young girl coming to understand that even when people die, they live on in our minds, our hearts, and our stories. Click to visit author's webiste
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Still Alice (2007) Genova, L. New York, NY Simon and Schuster Fic Gen
Alice Howland is proud of the life she worked so hard to build. At fifty years old, she’s a cognitive psychology professor at Harvard and a world-renowned expert in linguistics with a successful husband and three grown children. When she becomes increasingly disoriented and forgetful, a tragic diagnosis changes her life—and her relationship with her family and the world—forever. As she struggles to cope with Alzheimer’s, she learns that her worth is comprised of far more than her ability to remember. At once beautiful and terrifying, Still Alice is a moving and vivid depiction of life with early-onset Alzheimer’s disease that is as compelling as A Beautiful Mind and as unforgettable as Ordinary People. Click to visit author's website. Click to access 2015 WBUR interview with Lisa Genova Watch below Lisa Genova in 2011 talks about her books and work. Motherhood: Lost and Found (2013) Campanelli, A. Huntersville, NC The Bridge 616.83 Cam Motherhood: Lost and Found takes the reader on a journey where Alzheimer's disease and infertility intersect. At age 33, award-winning author and poet Ann Campanella returns to her home state of North Carolina ready to build a horse farm and start a family. Ann's foundation is shaken when she experiences multiple miscarriages at the same time her mother spirals into Alzheimer's. The author's devotion to her family and her horse Crimson sustain her as her mother's illness progresses and her own window of potential motherhood begins to close. Memories Are Precious" Alzheimer's Journey: Ruth's Story (2009) Lewis, F. Bloomington, IN 610.73 Lew Alzheimer's is a deadly disease and does not discriminate. It is not a disease of the poor,rich, the famous or the indigent. It is a disease that anyone can get at any time. It knows no boundaries and it does not care whether you are white or black or any other race, religion or creed. It is a disease that no one wants and we all want to help find a cure for. This disease in incurable! When you are diagnosed with Alzheimer's it's like getting a death sentence for committing a crime. Except, there is no chance for a parole or a pardon.. This book is meant to explain the author's mom's journey with this illness and how she felt and feels right now. It is also a resource for anyone that wants to get care for a loved one and needs to find out how to get the kinds of care available. |
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