{"product_id":"9780807003190","title":"Remembering the Music, Forgetting the Words: Travels with Mom in the Land of Dementia","description":"\u003cp\u003eA chronicle of the profound, life-changing, and laugh-out-loud funny moments in the journey of an Alzheimer's caregiver who learns that memory is overrated, familiarity breeds compassion, and flute playing is forever.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this unsentimental memoir of watching her mother fade away, of dealing with her bills, her housework, her increasing demands and dementia, Whouley brings us right into the laugh-or-you'll-cry experiences of meeting the challenge of Alzheimer's.  As her mother falls into forgetting, Kate remembers for her. In her mother, we meet a strong-minded, accidental feminist with a weakness for unreliable men. We meet a daughter who learned early to fend for herself.  We encounter their shared passions: books, words, and music. When the books are forgotten and the words begin to fade, it is the music that matters most to Kate's mother. Holding hands after a concert, a flute case slung over Kate's shoulder, and a shared joke between them, their relationship is healed—even in the face of a dreaded, and deadly, diagnosis. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Beacon","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47026487427312,"sku":"9780807003190","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780807003190_p0.jpg?v=1763728483","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780807003190","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}