The Memory Book
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My review -
Claire,
like her late father, is suffering from early onset Alzheimer’s disease and her
counsellor has suggested writing a memory book, something to nail her memories
down while she still has them. Her mother, who nursed her father through the
disease, comes to stay, to help. Caitlin, her grown up daughter from an earlier
relationship, is due to go back for her final year at university and her three
year-old daughter from her recent marriage doesn’t understand why Mum can’t
read her stories. Greg, her husband, feels her withdrawing from him as her
memories fade.
This
book could have been a total misery-fest but I found it truly hopeful and
occasionally very funny. Rowan Coleman writes an easy book to read which
generally means it’s taken a lot of work to write. Her characters are flawed
but genuine and I loved this story of a family who have had so much thrown at
them. Do read it. It’s got a hopeful wonder at its heart.
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