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- Author: Gillian Griffith
- Publisher: Mereo Books
- Year: 2015
- Pages: 140
- ISBN-10: 1861513763
- ISBN-13: 9781861513762
- Format: 12.7 x 20.3 x 0.8 cm, softcover
- Language: English
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The letters Gillian Griffith wrote to her elderly, demented mother were never intended to be read - they were simply Gillian's way of dealing with her own anger and guilt towards her high-handed, infuriating and impossibly challenging mother. To Gillian's own surprise, "as the words bounced back at me off the page, magic happened". The letters began to morph into a book, and the writing of it gradually released Gillian from her mother's influence. The result is a powerful, touching, uplifting and often very funny account of one woman's emotional and practical battle with the chaos caused by dementia. This book (the title comes from a small piece of nonsense spoken by Gillian's mother) brings a new insight into the effects of dementia on those caught up in it. It will make a valuable and original contribution to the debate on dementia care. "Dementia drops like a pebble into the pond of family life, and its ripples spread out in ever-increasing circles of devastation."
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- Author: Gillian Griffith
- Publisher: Mereo Books
- Year: 2015
- Pages: 140
- ISBN-10: 1861513763
- ISBN-13: 9781861513762
- Format: 12.7 x 20.3 x 0.8 cm, softcover
- Language: English English
The letters Gillian Griffith wrote to her elderly, demented mother were never intended to be read - they were simply Gillian's way of dealing with her own anger and guilt towards her high-handed, infuriating and impossibly challenging mother. To Gillian's own surprise, "as the words bounced back at me off the page, magic happened". The letters began to morph into a book, and the writing of it gradually released Gillian from her mother's influence. The result is a powerful, touching, uplifting and often very funny account of one woman's emotional and practical battle with the chaos caused by dementia. This book (the title comes from a small piece of nonsense spoken by Gillian's mother) brings a new insight into the effects of dementia on those caught up in it. It will make a valuable and original contribution to the debate on dementia care. "Dementia drops like a pebble into the pond of family life, and its ripples spread out in ever-increasing circles of devastation."
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