Remember Me?
Discovering My Mother as She Lost Her Memory
Format:Hardback
Publisher:Octopus Publishing Group
Published:17th Sep '20
£16.99
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Afterword by Alzheimer's Research UK.
'Shobna Gulati is the Northern heroine of a nation' - Lemn Sissay
'Lucid and probing' - Guardian
'Wonderful and emotional, a masterpiece of resilience.' - Emma Kennedy
Remember Me? is a memoir about caring for a parent with dementia and the memories that resurface in the process.
In her first book, Shobna Gulati sets out to reclaim her mother's past after her death, and in turn, discovers a huge amount about herself and their relationship.
Remember Me? captures the powerful emotions that these memories hold to both Shobna and her mother; secrets they had collectively buried and also the concealment of her mother's condition. What ensues is a story of cultural assimilation, identity and familial sh
'Shobna Gulati is the Northern heroine of a nation' - Lemn Sissay
'Lucid and probing' - Guardian
'Wonderful and emotional, a masterpiece of resilience.' - Emma Kennedy
Remember Me? is a memoir about caring for a parent with dementia and the memories that resurface in the process.
In her first book, Shobna Gulati sets out to reclaim her mother's past after her death, and in turn, discovers a huge amount about herself and their relationship.
Remember Me? captures the powerful emotions that these memories hold to both Shobna and her mother; secrets they had collectively buried and also the concealment of her mother's condition. What ensues is a story of cultural assimilation, identity and familial sh
Shobna Gulati is the Northern heroine of a nation. * Lemn Sissay *
Gulati's book not only describes the complexities of caring (we must not forget its joys, she says, alongside its difficulties) and her mother's dementia, it is also an exploration of identity. * The Guardian *
Lucid and probing. * The Guardian *
ISBN: 9781788402477
Dimensions: 220mm x 140mm x 24mm
Weight: 380g
256 pages