A beautiful, heart-wrenching novel about love, companionship, and the hidden grace of aging at your own pace.
After fifty-five years of marriage, Ami’s life revolves entirely around his wife, Rachel. Even after years of dementia that slowly eroded their perfect little corner of the world. Even after she forgets who he is and throws him out of their home, the same home where they got married, where their children were born. Heartbroken, sitting by himself on the street overlooking their apartment, Ami makes an impossible choice–to do what’s best for his wife. Even if it means saying goodbye.
With the support of their children, Ami moves Rachel into The Stern House Retirement Home. But the Stern House is nothing like he imagined. With its colorful cast of residents and staff, Ami learns more than he thought he could about what it means to age gracefully, how love and care endure even the most difficult of times, and that dementia don’t mean you have to say goodbye for good.
And as his own home slowly empties of Rachel’s presence, The Stern House will give both him and Rachel a second chance in life in more ways than he thought possible. Read more
