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Gone but Still Here
- Author
- Jennifer Dance
- Publisher
- Blackstone Publishing
- Publish Date
- 16 August 2022
- Run Time
- 11 hours 23 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
What to expect
As her recent memories fade, Mary lives increasingly in the past―returning to the secrets of her turbulent interracial love story.
Coming to terms with advancing dementia, Mary has no choice other than to move into her daughter’s home. Her daughter, Kayla, caught between her cognitively impaired mother and her belligerent teenage son, soon finds caregiving is more challenging than she imagined. Sage, the family’s golden retriever, offers comfort and unconditional love, but she has her own problems, especially when it comes to dealing with Mary’s cat.
Throughout it all, Mary struggles to complete her final book—a memoir, the untold story of the love of her life, who died more than forty years earlier. Her confused and tangled tales span Trinidad, England, and Canada, revealing the secrets of a tragic interracial love story in the 1960s and ’70s. But with her writing skills slipping away, it’s a race against time.
Heartwarming, funny, and hopeful, Gone but Still Here is an honest, open look at the struggles of one family as they journey into the unknown.
Critics Review
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“Touching, compassionate, and strong. I stayed up late, got up early, and read until I was done. Such an incredible story.”
Anne Marie Duquette, author of Found at Sea
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“Dance deftly weaves multiple narratives in a compassionate and compelling portrayal of a woman with dementia.”
Anne M. Lipton, MD, PhD, author of The Common Sense Guide to Dementia for Clinicians and Caregivers
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Details
- Author
- Jennifer Dance
- Narrator
- Janina Edwards, Stacey Glemboski, Jane Oppenheimer
- Duration
- 11 hours 23 minutes
- Release Date
- 16 August 2022
- ISBN
- 9798200991655
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Blackstone Publishing
- Genre
- Family life fiction, Biographical fiction
Synopsis
As her recent memories fade, Mary lives increasingly in the past―returning to the secrets of her turbulent interracial love story.Coming to terms with advancing dementia, Mary has no choice other than to move into her daughter’s home. Her daughter, Kayla, caught between her cognitively impaired mother and her belligerent teenage son, soon finds caregiving is more challenging than she imagined. Sage, the family’s golden retriever, offers comfort and unconditional love, but she has her own problems, especially when it comes to dealing with Mary’s cat.Throughout it all, Mary struggles to complete her final book—a memoir, the untold story of the love of her life, who died more than forty years earlier. Her confused and tangled tales span Trinidad, England, and Canada, revealing the secrets of a tragic interracial love story in the 1960s and ’70s. But with her writing skills slipping away, it’s a race against time.Heartwarming, funny, and hopeful, Gone but Still Here is an honest, open look at the struggles of one family as they journey into the unknown.
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