Tangles: A story about Alzheimer's, my mother, and me
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| Rating | : | 4.22 (825 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1551111179 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 132 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-12-06 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Sarah Leavitt writes both prose and comics. Leavitt has written short documentaries for Definitely Not the Opera on CBC Radio, and her non-fiction has appeared in a number of anthologies, including Nobody’s Mother (Heritage 2006) and Beyond Forgetting: Poetry and Prose about Alzheimer’s Disease (Kent State University Press 2009). Tangles is her first book. . She has an MFA in Creative Writing from UBC.
And it is guided by the open-hearted pen of the author, who manages to balance the stories of her mother as a principled individual and a dedicated educator in her professional life alongside detailing the engulfing humiliations of Alzheimer’s, such as when her mother is no longer able to dress or feed herself, and, when incontinent, needs to be bathed.Samuel Johnson once wrote that ‘the true art of memory is the art of attention,’ and those words have been well served by Tangles. Tangles is the work of a perceptive, creative, and honest storyteller” Brian Fies, author of Mom’s Cancer “Brimming with humility and insight, Leavitt proves her
"Tangled, but with spots of brightness." Tangles is equal parts celebration and lament, as much an anatomy of Alzheimer's as it is an intensely moving matremoir. Reading Tangles had me reliving many of the details of my mom's last years, and remembering the frustrations, the moments of fierce anger, the depressions, the sp. Beautiful, Must Read Reader I read a lot of graphic memoirs (any I can find, actually) and purely text-based memoirs, and I found Tangles to be one of the most moving and engaging I have read.Tnagles is one woman's story about the experience of losing (and finding, in some ways) her mother to Alzheimer's, and . Love Copes With Trajedy. rlr How this book could be anything less than a 5 star, I'll never comprehend. (To rate it less because it is not in some published form is beyond idiotic.) This book is one of the best I've ever read. If you want to know what love really is, read this book. It is about a loving family
In spare black and white drawings and clear, candid prose, Sarah shares her family’s journey through a harrowing range of emotionsshock, denial, hope, anger, frustrationall the while learning to cope with a devastating diagnosis, and managing to find moments of happiness. Tangles confronts the complexity of Alzheimer’s disease, and gradually opens a knot of moments, memories, and dreams to reveal a bond between a mother and a daughter that will never come apart.. What do you do when your outspoken, passionate, and quick-witted mother starts fading into a forgetful, fearful woman? In this powerful graphic memoir, Sarah Leavitt reveals how Alzheimer’s disease transformed her mother Midgeand her familyforever