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The daughter. The mom. The disease. For five years, the three were agonizingly inseparable. In 1992, Mary Wilhoit's mother descended quickly into the oblivion of Alzheimer's. Mary, who was an only child, and her younger son became her mother's keepers. In this strikingly frank and vivid memoir, Mary brings into sharp focus how a debilitating disease such as Alzheimer's wreaks havoc on caregivers.
The daughter. The mom. The disease. For five years, the three were agonizingly inseparable. In 1992, Mary Wilhoit's mother descended quickly into the oblivion of Alzheimer's. Mary, who was an only child, and her younger son became her mother's keepers. In this strikingly frank and vivid memoir, Mary brings into sharp focus how a debilitating disease such as Alzheimer's wreaks havoc on caregivers.
Her frustrations, carefully chronicled in a journal, were deep and wide. The years became not just about her mother's physical care, but the emotional and financial upheaval the condition caused. M