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Slow Dancing With A Stranger: Lost And Found In The Age Of Alzheimer's (2014)

by Meryl Comer(Favorite Author)

4.07 of 5 Votes: 5

ISBN

006213082X (ISBN13: 9780062130822)

languge

English

genre

Memoir & Autobiography

publisher

HarperOne

review 1: Very interesting book. I had a hard time putting it down. However, I'm not sure that I believe all of the author's heroics. The book seems to be very self-serving. I'd love to hear from one of the nurses or the step-son to find out if the author is as wonderful as she portrays herself. The author mentions maybe one time when she was less than saintly to her husband. If he was so dangerous and uncontrollable, a lot of this account just isn't believable. The author is also fortunate to have the income to hire shifts of full-time nurses to help her out, so that her care-giving is not 24/7. Maybe I would be more trusting of her account if someone else praised her, other than herself. I also felt that she did not help me to know her husband and mother as real people, except fo... morer their (mostly) bad qualities.
review 2: A powerful look at the daily life of a dedicated caregiver. Meryl writes with brutal honesty about the private battle of watching your loved ones being robbed by Alzheimer’s. Sadly, Meryl’s story is becoming far too common as the aging population deals with Alzheimer’s and dementia. Thank you Meryl for opening a public dialogue about these important, and often private, topics. I strongly recommend this book for all caregivers, as well as policymakers who want to understand what millions of Americans go through on a daily basis. less

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