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Loving Zelda: A Stepdaughter's Caregiving Journal
Loving Zelda: A Stepdaughter's Caregiving Journal
Loving Zelda: A Stepdaughter's Caregiving Journal
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Loving Zelda: A Stepdaughter's Caregiving Journal

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Caring for aging loved ones is both a challenge and a blessing. In this engaging inspirational memoir, author Sue Anne Kirkham explores with candor and humor the emotional, practical, and spiritual facets of the adult child's experience when roles are reversed. Her father, Bill, a retired psychologist, and stepmother, Zelda, enjoyed productive hobbies and eagerly traveling the globe together for most of their thirty-two-year marriage. Now, Zelda—a former teacher and organizer of Fourth of July kitchen-band marches—is fading into the confusion of dementia, and Bill is declining physically. They need help. Through content rich in character studies, charming observations, and useful insights, you'll get to know this blended family intimately, and you'll want to follow them through every dramatic turn of events.

LanguageEnglish
Release dateJul 31, 2019
ISBN9780463484814
Loving Zelda: A Stepdaughter's Caregiving Journal
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Sue Anne Kirkham

I am a freelance writer and blogger, recently re-planted in the twin cities of Minneapolis and Saint Paul. (Love the people, don't love the winters.) My favored subjects are aging, healthful lifestyle, family relations, and inspirational living, but I've also been known to expound on the oddities of contemporary culture. (Wryly observant: That's me.) Loving Zelda: A Stepdaughter's Caregiving Journal is my first published book-length work. For me, sharing my family's experience with dementia is as much about word-crafting as story-telling, and my reviewers seem to appreciate that dual emphasis. Future plans include a fictional book about the challenges of step-parenting and an uplifting take on the mourning process. Really. Looking forward to my next publishing adventure in the weird and wonderful world of writing.

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