{"product_id":"9781444751819-where-memories-go","title":"Where Memories Go","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWhy dementia changes everything - as heard on BBC R4 Book of the Week\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTHE \u003ci\u003eSUNDAY TIMES \u003c\/i\u003eBESTSELLER (2014)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAS HEARD ON BBC RADIO 4 \u003ci\u003eBOOK OF THE WEEK\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eScottish broadcaster and author Sally Magnusson's bestselling memoir of caring for her mother Mamie during many years of living with dementia.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER (2014) AND RADIO 4 BOOK OF THE WEEK\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A fine book' \u003ci\u003eThe Sunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Powerful' \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Wonderful' \u003ci\u003eThe Telegraph\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Moving, funny, warm'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003cb\u003eMail on Sunday\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Brave, compassionate, tender and honest' \u003ci\u003eMetro\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e'\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis book began as an attempt to hold on to my witty, storytelling mother with the one thing I had to hand. Words. Then, as the enormity of the social crisis my family was part of began to dawn, I wrote with the thought that other forgotten lives might be nudged into the light along with hers. \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eDementia is one of the greatest social, medical, economic, scientific, philosophical and moral challenges of our times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e.'\u003c\/i\u003e Sally Magnusson\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSad and funny, wise and honest, \u003ci\u003eWhere Memories Go \u003c\/i\u003eis a deeply intimate account of insidious losses and unexpected joys in the terrible face of dementia, and a call to arms that challenges us all to think differently about how we care for our loved ones when they need us most.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRegarded as one of the finest journalists of her generation, Mamie Baird Magnusson's whole life was a celebration of words - words that she fought to retain in the grip of a disease which is fast becoming the scourge of the 21st century. Married to writer and broadcaster Magnus Magnusson, they had five children of whom Sally is the eldest.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs well as chronicling the anguish, the frustrations and the unexpected laughs and joys that she and her sisters experienced while accompanying their beloved mother on the long dementia road for eight years until her death in 2012,  Sally Magnusson seeks understanding from a range of experts and asks penetrating questions about how we treat older people, how we can face one of the greatest social, medical, economic and moral challenges of our times, and what it means to be human.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56450665841014,"sku":"9781444751819","price":9.58,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_27130848.jpg?v=1760453751","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781444751819-where-memories-go","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}