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- Two Roads
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Memoirs, Prose: non-fiction, Neurology & clinical neurophysiology, Alzheimer’s & dementia, Coping with illness & specific conditions
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Two Roads
- Paperback Apr 14, 2015 | 9781444751819 | RRP $26.99 Buy Now
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- e-Book Jan 30, 2014 | 9781444751802 | RRP $11.99 Buy Now
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Two Roads
- Paperback Apr 14, 2015 | 9781444751819 | RRP $26.99 Buy Now
- Audiobook Apr 17, 2014 | 9781444796636 | RRP $30.99 Buy Now
- e-Book Jan 30, 2014 | 9781444751802 | RRP $11.99 Buy Now
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Two Roads
- Paperback Apr 14, 2015 | 9781444751819 | RRP $26.99 Buy Now
- Audiobook Apr 17, 2014 | 9781444796636 | RRP $30.99 Buy Now
- e-Book Jan 30, 2014 | 9781444751802 | RRP $11.99 Buy Now
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THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER - AS HEARD ON BBC RADIO 4 BOOK OF THE WEEK
Scottish broadcaster and author Sally Magnusson's bestselling memoir of caring for her mother Mamie during many years of living with dementia.'A fine book' The Sunday Times
'Powerful' Guardian
'Wonderful' The Telegraph
'Moving, funny, warm' Mail on Sunday
'Brave, compassionate, tender and honest' Metro
'This book began as an attempt to hold on to my witty, storytelling mother with the one thing I had to hand. Words. Then, as the enormity of the social crisis my family was part of began to dawn, I wrote with the thought that other forgotten lives might be nudged into the light along with hers. Dementia is one of the greatest social, medical, economic, scientific, philosophical and moral challenges of our times. I am a reporter. It became the biggest story of my life.' Sally Magnusson
Sad and funny, wise and honest, Where Memories Go is a deeply intimate account of insidious losses and unexpected joys in the terrible face of dementia, and a call to arms that challenges us all to think differently about how we care for our loved ones when they need us most.
Regarded as one of the finest journalists of her generation, Mamie Baird Magnusson's whole life was a celebration of words - words that she fought to retain in the grip of a disease which is fast becoming the scourge of the 21st century. Married to writer and broadcaster Magnus Magnusson, they had five children of whom Sally is the eldest.
As well as chronicling the anguish, the frustrations and the unexpected laughs and joys that she and her sisters experienced while accompanying their beloved mother on the long dementia road for eight years until her death in 2012, Sally Magnusson seeks understanding from a range of experts and asks penetrating questions about how we treat older people, how we can face one of the greatest social, medical, economic and moral challenges of our times, and what it means to be human.
Facebook.com/WhereMemoriesGo
More books by Sally Magnusson
Praise for Where Memories Go: Why Dementia Changes Everything
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Touching... There are many moments of heartwarming sentiment. Literary snowdrops grow out of the barren earth... This book is the constant, tenuous but vital reconnection between a child and its mother... A fine book. - The Sunday Times
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Powerful. - Guardian
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This is an extraordinarily moving memoir which is, at the same time, a fascinating exploration of a condition that touches virtually every family. This book will help our understanding. - Alexander McCall Smith
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Intensely moving and inspiring, it is as much about living, laughing and family life as it is about loss and death. I read it in one sitting and thought about it again and again.' - Joanna Lumley
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'I was in tears on the very first page. - Kirsty Wark
Sally Magnusson
Bestselling author, journalist and broadcaster Sally Magnusson has written several books for adults and children, most recently her Sunday Times bestseller Where Memories Go (2014) about her mother's dementia, The Sealwoman's Gift (2018), her acclaimed debut novel and The Ninth Child (2020).
Sally has inherited a rich storytelling tradition from her Scottish and Icelandic forebears. The Sealwoman's Gift was a Radio 2 Book Club and ITV Zoe Ball Book Club selection, and was shortlisted for the Authors' Club Best First Novel Award, the Saltire Fiction Book of the Year, the Paul Torday Memorial Prize, the McKitterick Prize, the Waverton Good Read Award and the HWA Debut Fiction Crown.
Sally lives outside Glasgow. Loch Katrine and the surrounding area have long been a favourite haunt.
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