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A carregar... A Long and Winding Road: A Caregiver's Tale of Life, Love, and Chaos (edição 2014)por Linda Brendle, Jessica Schmeidler (Editor)
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Alzheimer's is a family disease, and A Long and Winding Road is a love story-not a boy-meets-girl love story, but a family love story: The story of the love of a daughter for her parents and her willingness to take them into her home when they could no longer care for themselves;The story of a mother and father who loved their daughter but no longer remembered exactly where they were or why;The story of a husband who loved his wife so much that he stood beside her as they fought to survive the ravages of the brain-wasting disease that was stealing her loved ones away a piece at a time.It's also the story of a seven-week trip for four across sixteen U.S. states in a forty-foot motor home-a trip that involved stopped up toilets, wet jeans, laughter, and headaches that were far from the easygoing retirement the Brendles had imagined for themselves.Linda Brendle takes you on a roller-coaster ride of emotional and spiritual challenges that many families are facing right now. Co-dependency, mental breakdowns, and finding love after divorce are just a few of the issues weaved into this journey of caregiving.A LONG AND WINDING ROAD: A Caregiver's Tale of Life, Love, and Chaos is the story of the chaos that happens when four people, two of whom have Alzheimer's, spend fifty-three days in a 400-square-foot box on wheels Não foram encontradas descrições de bibliotecas. |
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To be honest, when I first started reading A Long and Winding Road, I felt it read in journal-fashion and I wondered if I would enjoy the story, but I kept reading because I liked the author’s witty and authentic voice. It didn’t take long to feel fully engaged in the multi-layered narrative which went back and forth (skillfully) from the present to past scenes. She brought me right into her world with her descriptions, her honest reflections interspersed with dialogue that brought her characters alive. I felt her discouragement in dating relationships after a first marriage gone awry, then her appreciation for the “good” man she eventually married. I experienced both her heartache as she watched her parents slowly slip away and the justifiable inner conflicts and frustrations of being a 24/7 caretaker.
It is the author’s raw honesty, wit and skillful storytelling that drew me back into her poignant story and kept me suspended until the end. I was right there with her and developed an admiration for the love she shared and the sacrifices she made to create a positive experience for her ailing parents. It made me wonder if I would be able to do the same if faced with a similar challenge. This is a love story on several levels—child and parent, mother and son, husband and wife. It captures the wide range of feelings one experiences when parent and child switch roles. Not only is this an excellent guide for caregivers, families and health care providers, it is also an inspirational story of love, loss and renewal. (