Let Me Call You Sweetheart: I've Forgotten Your Name

The effects of Alzheimer’s disease, a degenerative brain disorder, are devastating. What once was considered the illness of old age, Alzheimer’s has been increasingly diagnosed in younger people. Loss of memory is the most common and most cruel effect of this illness for it robs the victim of the ability to retain and process the most elemental information. Let Me Call You Sweetheart is a collection of short stories about Alzheimer’s disease. Funny and upbeat, soulful and heartfelt, these real and sometimes imaginary accounts, of patients and caregivers of the debilitating illness are inspiring, and give a lasting record of moments that otherwise would be lost forever.