Remind Me Who I Am, Again

by Linda Grant

Book Overview

At the beginning of the 1990s, Linda Grant's mother, Rose, was diagnosed with Dementia. In Remind Me Who I Am, Again Linda Grant tells the story of Rose's illness and tries to reconstruct the history... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1862072442
• ISBN13: 9781862072442
• Release Date: January 1999
• Publisher: Granta Books (Uk)
• Length: 307 Pages
• Weight: 0.53 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.1" x 7.8"

Customer Reviews

I read the hardcover book (with a different cover than what appears on this page--the cover looked l

I thought this was a thoughtful, touching memoir written by a daughter about her Mother. I wish she would have written more about the two of them.

Fascinating and honest memoir

I bought this book after hearing the NPR interview with the author, because a close friend was coping with a similar situation (mother slipping into dementia, angry outbursts, fighting to get out of nursing home). This book is a fascinating portrait of the author's parents, their good points and bad. Very readable. I didn't want to put it down.

beautiful and sad

If you've ever had a relative or loved one slip away into dementia, this book will strike home. And if you've had a friend going through this experience, this book will help you to understand what they are going through. This book, like the experience of living with dementia, is at times funny, at times tearful. It's an honest picture of what it's like to be with someone who is rapidly losing who they were.

Worth the Read

I listened to Linda Grant on National Public Radio, Fresh Air program yesterday. Very interesting and moving. I can relate to it as my father went thru a similar decline over a 3 year period. He suffered from TIA "mini-strokes" that slowly diminish selected brain capabilities, many times without the victim's or family's knowledge. Linda relates a similar experience. It's frustrating in not ever really knowing what is going on inside his ticker when you speak. It's frustrating to know that each person loses different capabilities at different times. It drags you down, with everything seeming so one-sided. It's frustrating that modern medicine is essentially powerless to stop this degeneration, with no effective tools or strategy. Linda is much more articulate than I could be in describing the same experience I went through. If it does nothing more, it gives those of us a comparative basis by which to judge our own decisions in similar circumstances. For those who have been thru this, it gives us someone to relate to. For those who have not, it prepares you. As a boomer, I've finally graduated to what I call 'adulthood': where we are sandwiched between two generations who both depend upon us. Calling the experience overwhelming only begins to describe it.Worth the read.