By Carolyn Birrell “In 2012, I flew down to Georgia to kidnap my mother.” That’s how my book begins. Impactful, solid hook. I’m told it’s a powerful read, full of relatable stories
By Dave Iverson, California & Maine, USA In the fall of 2007, when I was about to turn age 59, I did something I’d never imagined. I moved in with my 95-year-old
By Laura Davis, California, USA My 2021 memoir, The Burning Light of Two Stars, tells the story of my embattled relationship with my mother, our determination to love one another, and the dramatic and
By Steph Jagger, Washington, USA I don’t like to be consumed by things. I think that’s the reason why I wrote Everything Left to Remember— why I chose to document, not only
by Dominick Domasky Regret, anger, uncertainty, and guilt are just a few of the feelings and emotions that led me to writing My Name Is Sharon. My mother has Alzheimer’s, and I
By Susie Singer Carter Disease is an equal-opportunity beast. At some point in everyone’s life, someone they love is going to be stricken with something. And it can cripple not only the
By Dave Meurer No one plans to have Alzheimer’s disease crash into the life of a loved one, any more than someone plans on being involved in a train wreck. But a
By Lori Aden My mother got lost driving home from the nail salon back in 2014. At the time, she lived in California, and I lived in Texas. I knew she was
By Barbara Ella Milton, Jr., PhD, LCSW Heeding the Caregiver Call: The Story of Barbara Ella Milton, Sr. and Alzheimer’s Disease is a memoir that describes in vivid detail the role-reversing caregiving
By Karen Malena While visiting the charming town of Ligonier, Pennsylvania, a story idea came to me at a bed and breakfast one evening. I’d been thinking about my husband’s aunt and
