All Gone: A Memoir of My Mother's Dementia. with Refreshments
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A daughter's longing love letter to a?mother who has slipped beyond reach. Just past seventy, Alex Witchel's smart, adoring,?ultracapable mother began to exhibit undeniable?signs of dementia. Her smart, adoring, ultracapable?daughter reacted as she'd been raised: If something?was broken, they would fix it. But as medical reality?undid that hope, and her mother continued the torturous process of disappearing in plain sight, Witchel retreated to the kitchen, trying to reclaim her mother?at the stove by cooking the comforting foods of her?childhood: "Is there any contract tighter than a family recipe?"? Reproducing the perfect meat loaf was no panacea, but it helped Witchel come to terms with her?predicament, the growing phenomenon of "ambiguous loss "-- loss of a beloved one who lives on.?Gradually she developed a deeper appreciation for?all the ways the parent she was losing lived on in her,?starting with the daily commandment "Tell me everything that happened today" that started a future reporter and writer on her way. And she was inspired to?turn her experience into this frank, bittersweet, and?surprisingly funny account that offers true balm for?an increasingly familiar form of heartbreak.
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:159448791X
ISBN13:9781594487910
Release Date:September 2012
Publisher:Riverhead Books
Length:224 Pages
Weight:0.86 lbs.
Dimensions:1.0" x 5.7" x 8.3"
Age Range:18 years and up
Grade Range:Postsecondary and higher
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