My Mother's Secret Quotes

“At least I had my books for company, losing myself within the pages for hours on end and allowing myself to imagine that I lived a very different life from the one I was actually enduring. In a way, I suppose I should be grateful to my grandparents. Those hours alone contributed to my lifelong love of reading which eventually led to my job at the library, despite my lack of formal qualifications”
― Julia Roberts, My Mother's Secret

“It randomly chooses its victim, digs its claws in and insidiously creeps into their brain stealing memories as it goes.”
― Julia Roberts, My Mother's Secret

“I don't speak. There's nothing I can say. She hasn't been a good mother; in fact, she's barely been a mother to me at all. I'm starting to unpick her history and understand the reasons why, but that doesn't make it any easier to accept that I was a disappointment to her from the moment she gave me life”
― Julia Roberts, My Mother's Secret

“I changed the sheets while Mum was having a cup of tea in front of the television watching Countdown. She's surprisingly good at making words out of the nine random letters considering how confused she can get about other things, but that's the tragedy of dementia: some things are clear and obvious while others become shrouded in grey fog”
― julia roberts, My Mother's Secret