I was very disappointed with this book on several levels.

First of all, it's so incredibly short - 90 pages. I don't understand how anyone can write about a person's life in such a short number of pages. It's very badly edited & is completely full of grammatically & spelling errors. Some sentences start at present tense, switch to past tense, and then switch to future tense - all in the same sentence. I also found the author completely looked down about the reader, explaining every time she mentioned a person what the family relationship was - every time. In a book as short as this, I think I can retain who the son is for 5 minutes. I also don't understand why she was writing a memoir as a third person point of view - I found it extremely distracting & it took away from the importance of educating people with the disease.

I was also incredibly disappointed in the author's lack of knowledge about the disease. I have relatives who have/had Alzheimer's & I have worked in nursing homes with Alzheimer's patiences. I have never been a primary caregiver for someone with the disease, but I knew more about the illness then the author who devoted her life to caring for this individual. I also found it extremely insulting that she just assumed all nursing homes are bad - the author never outlined if she did any research into nursing homes, if she had any options into which nursing home she placed her grandmother in, but to just assume all nursing homes are bad is the same as assuming all blondes are stupid.

I really wanted to like this book, I really wanted to shout about this book from the rooftops because I do think people need to be educated about the disease, but there's not much to recommend on this book. I think if the author spent some time editing it, it would make for a much better book & though I disagree with the author's point of view, I would recommend it after those changes were made.

I received a review copy of this book from the author.