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Moran Prairie Library Book Club selection for Thursday, February 23rd, at 2 p.m. Everyone is welcome! |
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 | Ames, Greg | | Buffalo Lockjaw | | Twenty-something James heads home to Buffalo for Thanksgiving, but the true reason behind his visit is to help his mother - a nurse, author, and activist - commit suicide as she descends further into Alzheimer’s. Will he be able to follow through? |
|  | Block, Stefan Merrill | | The Story of Forgetting | | Told from the perspectives of fifteen year old Seth, trying to understand his mother’s mental demise, and Abel, an elderly recluse, this novel captures the lives of two seemingly disconnected people groping to find purpose and meaning in the midst of one family’s battle with Alzheimer’s. |
|  | Dean, Debra | | The Madonnas of Leningrad | | As Russian refugee Marina prepares for her granddaughter’s wedding in Seattle, her battle with Alzheimer’s has her retreating into the memories of her early years as docent at the Hermitage Museum during the siege of Leningrad - where she created a “memory palace” for the collections. |
|  | Genova, Lisa | | Left Neglected | | A career–driven mother sustains a brain injury from a car accident and, as her over-scheduled life comes to a halt, she must re-learn how to perceive the world around her…and discover how to pay attention to what really matters. |
|  | Gilles, Andrea | | Keeper: One House, Three Generations, and a Journey into Alzheimer’s | | As the author’s family relocates to a Victorian home in the far north of Scotland to help care for ailing in-laws, they begin a journey that takes them into the descent of Alzheimer’s – experiencing firsthand the impact this dehumanizing disease has on loved ones. |
|  | Harvey, Samantha | | The Wilderness | | Architect Jake Jameson has recently become a widower, his son is in jail, and he has just been diagnosed with Alzheimer’s. As his mental capacities slowly deteriorate he contemplates his past and future…struggling to hold onto his memories and his life. |
|  | Martin, Kat | | The Christmas Clock | | Eight-year-old Teddy is being raised by his grandmother, a woman desperately trying to find him a home before her Alzheimer’s advances. As he shops for a Christmas gift he meets four people and, as their lives intersect, the season slowly fills with magic and hope. |
|  | Paddock, Nancy | | A Song at Twilight of Alzheimer’s and Love | | This memoir of one couple’s struggle with Alzheimer’s is also a beautiful tribute to the author’s parents as she tells their story of true love, tragedy, heartache, and a zest for life over sixty years of marriage. |
|  | Park, Barbara | | The Graduation of Jake Moon | | Fourteen-year-old Jake used to love the time spent with his grandfather - until Alzheimer’s robs him of his memory and the roles of adult and child become reversed. As Jake is forced to accept the inevitable he develops a maturity that surfaces on the biggest day of his life – his 8th grade graduation. |
|  | Sparks, Nicholas | | The Notebook | | A deeply moving story of a magical love, lost and then recaptured - told by eighty-year-old Noah as he recites his well-worn diary to his wife, now suffering from Alzheimer’s. |
|  | Tan, Amy | | The Bonesetter’s Daughter | | Chinese born LuLing is suffering from senile dementia. When her daughter Ruth discovers LuLing’s handwritten memoir she begins to decipher the real story of her mother’s upbringing ...including a life of secrets, lies, and courage. |
|  | Watson, S.J. | | Before I Go to Sleep | | Christina, suffering from near-term amnesia, wakes each morning with no recollection of the day before, relying on her husband and doctor to fill in the blanks of her life. As she begins keeping a journal she eventually suspects her life – past and present - isn’t what it seems. |
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