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Tangles: A Story About Alzheimer's, My Mother, and Me
Tangles A Story About Alzheimer's My Mother and Me Author:Sarah Leavitt What do you do when your outspoken, passionate, and quick-witted mother starts fading into a forgetful, fearful woman?In this powerful memoir the New York Times called ?a poignant account,? Sarah Leavitt reveals how Alzheimer?s disease transformed her mother, Midge, and her family forever. In spare blackand- white drawings and clear, candid pros... more »e, Sarah shares her family?s journey through a harrowing range of emotions?shock, denial, hope, anger, frustration?all the while learning to cope, and managing to find moments of happiness. Midge, a Harvard educated intellectual, struggles to comprehend the simplest words; Sarah?s father, Rob, slowly adapts to his new role as full-time caretaker, but still finds time for wordplay and poetry with his wife; Sarah and her sister Hannah argue, laugh, and grieve together as they join forces to help Midge. Tangles confronts the complexity of Alzheimer?s disease, and ultimately releases a knot of memories and dreams to reveal a bond between a mother and a daughter that will never come apart. 300 black & white illustrations« less