The Things We Keep
A novel of love undaunted by obstacles, from the bestselling author of The Secrets of Midwives."You'll shed a few tears as the women try to forge a new life, despite the fact that they can't, or won't, remember the past. One for long afternoons." Sydney Morning HeraldRosalind House might not be...
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A novel of love undaunted by obstacles, from the bestselling author of The Secrets of Midwives."You'll shed a few tears as the women try to forge a new life, despite the fact that they can't, or won't, remember the past. One for long afternoons." Sydney Morning HeraldRosalind House might not be the first place you'd expect to find new love and renewal, but within the walls
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Format: Paperback
ISBN:
9781743535752 (1743535759)
Publisher: MacMillan Australia
Pages no: 352
Edition language: English
This review can also be found at Carole's Random Life in Books.This book was wonderful. The story that it told is my worst nightmare in so many ways. Dementia and Alzheimer's disease can change so much about a person as the disease takes away memories. Early-onset Alzheimer's disease seems like an e...
The things we keep by Sally HepworthStory interests me as it's about a 39 year old woman and she's got Alzheimer disease. Remember going through some things with my mother in law and now we have a male friend our age who is going through it. They've moved her to assisted living facility.Hope it will...
Love is a powerful thing, isn't it? It can make you absolutely ecstatic or utterly miserable. Love can bring out the best in us and the very worst. It's hard to watch a loved one decline rapidly and be powerless to help. It's hard to watch them suffer. We seek ways to make ourselves feel better duri...
Actual Rating 3.5Anna Forster, in the early stages of Alzheimer’s disease at only thirty-eight years of age, is checking into Rosalind House. It’s the best way to make ensure that she gets the proper care when she no longer remembers how to care for herself. It’s the best way to stop being a burden ...
A thirty-eight year old with early stages of Alzheimer's disease and in an assisted living facility...very difficult for Anna as well as her family.Anna lived with her brother and his family once they found out she couldn't live alone, but then it got to the point where she needed constant supervisi...
9 years ago
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