The Storm Within the Rose: My Family and Alzheimer's

Alzheimer's - it's just about forgetting things. It can't kill you, right? WRONG. The Storm Within the Rose is a heart-wrenching, heart-warming and sometimes rib-tickling account of my family and my mum's gradual decline into the greatly misunderstood world of Alzheimer's. Suddenly being left responsible for every aspect of my mother's life was like being dropped into the middle of a horror story. A different side to her I didn't know emerged more and more frequently; a side that shocked me. Nobody warns you about this or the unknown impacts and how to cope with them. So I wrote this book. Alzheimer's Society Knowledge Centre Book of the Month December 2016. 'Talks openly and honestly about the affects of an Alzheimer's diagnosis on a family and the need for greater understanding of this condition in society.' Writers' Bureau Writer of the Year 2016 runner-up.