Description: A compelling, clear-eyed, and emotionally resonant narrative, this work offers a new optimistic look at what the disease can teach, and offers a much-needed tonic for those faced with providing care for someone they love.
Review Quotes: "A miracle of caring...Lauren Kessler manages to humanize the victims and shine a clear, compassionate light on those who struggle to care for them. Anyone affected by the disease has to read this book." --Barbara Ehrenreich
"Heartening and thought-provoking...Kesssler's feelings as a daughter and her experiences as a caregiver add up to a touching read, and the book offers some unusual ways to think about living and dying with the disease." --The Seattle Times "...a magnificient book. I read it mornings and evenings on the train, Kleenex in hand, weeping. But laughing too. I have to thank you for really opening my eyes to the humanity of a group of people I would for"---Deborah Way, O (Oprah) magazine Profound... Kessler learns that rather than stripping humanity away, dementia lays it bare"--Chicago Tribune "This is the true brilliance of Finding Life in the Land of Alzheimers. It upends our assumptions and forces us to ask: What do I have to hold on to? Who would I be if my memories were stripped away? What is my essence?" --Los Angeles Times "...turns our assumptions on their heads."--Baltimore Sun "...an excellent book...an emotional and ruminative anchor...She leaves her readers with hope."--San Francisco Chronicle "Revealing...tender...a riveting view into the world of people living with Alzheimer's." --Portland Oregonian "...a gifted writer. Warm, uplifting, even hopeful...this book [is] a refreshing standout."-AARP magazine "Excellent... a powerful lesson in the humanity of those we often see as tragically bereft of that quality." --Publisher's Weekly