book list

Hello dear readers,

My book list is getting so long it needs its own page.
Here are books that have something to do with dementia, Alzheimer's disease, living, and death. There are both fiction and non-fiction titles. They are listed alphabetically by title.

The All-Weather Friend's Guide to Alzheimer's Disease by M. M. Cail

Alzheimer's in America: The Shriver Report on Women and Alzheimer's by Maria Shriver and the Alzheimer's Association

Alzheimer's: Forgetting Piece by Piece (exhibition catalog from the Alzheimer's Art Quilt Association) ed: Ami Simms

Best Friends, Occasional Enemies:
the lighter side of life as a mother and daughter.
by Lisa Scottoline and Francesca Serritella

A Better Way of Dying by J. and E. Fitzpatrick

The Caregiver's Path to Compassionate Decision Making by Viki Kind

Chicken Soup for the Soul:  Living with Alzheimer's and other Dementias by Newmark and Geiger of the Alzheimer's Association

Come Back Early Today by Marie Marley, PhD

Creating Moments of Joy by Jolene Brackey
(Highly recommended for everyone!)

Dementia Beyond Drugs by Kate Swaffer * & G.A. Power

Elder Rage - or - Take My Father ... Please! by J. Marcell

The House I Loved by Tatiana de Rosnay

I Was Thinking: Unlocking the door to successful conversations with loved ones with cognitive loss. by Diana Waugh

Living in the Labyrinth: A personal journey through the maze of Alzheimer's by Diana Friel McGowin

Love, Life, Loss, A Roller Coaster of Poetry (volume I & II) by Kate Swaffer *

Melting Ice - Shifting Sands  by Marjorie Burke **

Morrie: In His Own Words by Morrie Schwartz

My Mother, Your Mother by Dennis McCullough MD

The Notebook by Nicolas Sparks

Pilgrimage on Ice and Sand  by Marjorie Burke **

Prodigal Summer by B. Kingsolver

Singing in the Rain - Weathering the Storm of Dementia With Humor, Love, and Patience. by Vicky Ruppert and Ann Henderberg

Slow Dancing with a Stranger: Lost and Found in the Age of Alzheimer's
 by Meryl Comer

Tears in God's Bottle by Wayne Ewing

Ten Thousand Joys & Ten Thousand Sorrows: A Couple's Journey Through Alzheimer's by Olivia Ames Hoblitzelle  (Recommended by others, I have not yet read it.)

The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield

Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom

What the Hell Happened to my Brain? by Kate Swaffer *

When Alzheimer's Hits Home by Jo Danna

Why Did Grandma Put Her Underwear in the Refrigerator?: An Explanation of Alzheimer's Disease for Children  by Max Wallack and Carolyn Given