Oh, my word. This book. It was, in a word, amazing. In another, educational. In yet another, humbling. It was the best book I've read in a good, long while.
This book is a first person narrative of a woman diagnosed with Early Onset Alzheimer's Disease. It is heartbreaking. It is life affirming. It is poetic, and it is beautiful.
By the end of the third chapter, I was so grateful to have been diagnosed with cancer at 35, and not EOAD at 49. I'm telling you, this book was a great reality check, in that there are numerous things to be grateful for in my life, not the least of which are being able to read and use language. (Oh, how I love words.)
When I got to page 117, I broke down and cried. And then I stopped crying, and I resolved to be stronger and fight harder.
This book changed the way I think, because it pushed me to feel things on a whole new level. It changed who I am. I could not recommend it more highly.
Please, read this book. Please. I loved it.
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