Books by Andrea Gillies
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review 1: This is story about a family who has secrets. A lot of secrets. Told by Michael who is or isn't dead and how the family secrets developed. At first I didn't care for the book and almost sent it back to the library, but just when you want to give up it gets good with a tease of...
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review 1: I wish this had been better. While it was well-written, it was actually over-written. I felt like I was slogging through a lot of description to get to the plot. About 100 pages too long. And the while family secrets are revealed along the way, the lead-up to the "big secret"...
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review 1: Not sure about this book. It's like Downton Abbey set in the 1980's and 1990's. The point of view keeps changing and I found it difficult to always know where we were in the story. It weaves in and out of a number of characters spanning three generations and is based on white lie...
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review 1: As an Alzheimer's caregiver myself, this is my favorite book. Ms. Gillies doesn't hide anything when she writes about her day to day travails dealing with her family. She shares her true emotions as she feels them. That is so important for other caregivers to read so they realize...
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review 1: One of the best books about Alzheimer's and how it can devestate an entire family. I got a feeling of the day to day life of the caregiver and how it must be so hard to deal with in a home setting. Not only does the author deal with her mother in law who has Alheimer's, her fathe...