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  • Published: 1 September 2018
  • ISBN: 9780807003312
  • Imprint: Beacon Press
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 240
  • RRP: $45.00

Remembering the Music, Forgetting the Words

Travels with Mom in the Land of Dementia




A chronicle of the profound, life-changing, and laugh-out-loud funny moments in the journey of an Alzheimer's caregiver who learns that memory is overrated, familiarity breeds compassion, and flute-playing is forever.

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.

  • Published: 1 September 2018
  • ISBN: 9780807003312
  • Imprint: Beacon Press
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 240
  • RRP: $45.00

Praise for Remembering the Music, Forgetting the Words

"Memory is overrated,'' writes Kate Whouley in this lovely, honest account of her mother's decline into Alzheimer's disease."--Kate Tuttle . The Boston Globe