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Dancing with Rose
Written by Lauren Kessler
Narrated by Ruth Ann Phimister
Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
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About this audiobook
An acclaimed biographer, Lauren Kessler immerses herself in her work to construct compelling portraits of her subjects. In Dancing with Rose, she recounts her time at a West Coast Alzheimer's facility. Working as an unskilled resident assistant, Kessler learns important lessons about humanity while conducting interviews with patients in various stages of the disease.
Author
Lauren Kessler
Lauren Kessler is the author of ten books, among them the Los Angeles Times bestseller The Happy Bottom Riding Club: The Life and Times of Pancho Barnes and Stubborn Twig: Three Generations in the Life of a Japanese American Family. Kessler directs the graduate program in literary nonfiction at the University of Oregon. She lives in Eugene, Oregon.
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- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5We read this for our book club discussion after one of the members had a mother that recently passed away. She had Alzheimer's Disease. The author tries to understand the disease more after her own mother had the condition. She goes to work in a care facility and exposes some myths about the care these patients receive. She also has suggestions on how the system can improve, including raising the pay for the people who work there.
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Mother of God, am I glad to be done with this book. I know that sounds like it was terrible, but it was, in fact, the opposite, of which I am truly astonished. There was actually positivity and joy in this book. I think that is a very rare find in the world of Alzheimer's and I would definitely recommend this to anyone who knows a person with this disease, or who has in the past. I wish I would have had this information when my grandma was still alive. That being said, it was such a struggle for me to get through. Not because it's a hard read, just because of my own shit. Here are a few things I liked:"There's intriguing new evidence that marijuana (TCH, that is) and red wine might inhibit the progress of the disease." Drink up! Smoke 'em if you got 'em!"Now I know this sounds way out there," he told me, "but look at it this way: Alzheimer's is a detaching disease. It detaches people from their memories, their selves. We can look at that as tragic and awful, or we can change the frame." I didn't know where he was headed, but he had my attention. "Consider Zen," he said, "which is all about clearing your mind, detaching from your thoughts, grounding yourself in the moment." He paused, either to give me time to consider or for dramatic effect. "Well," he said finally, "that's Alzheimer's." I know this is hard to digest, but Kessler talks about how she understood this more and more while working in the field. "They don't have ulterior motives. They don't manipulate. They don't play games. They just are." This is rare, and I enjoyed the trait very much in my grandmother. I had more bookmarked to put in this review but it's too exhausting. It's a good and very helpful book.