City of Belmont - Ruth Faulkner Public Library

Somebody I used to know, Wendy Mitchell and Anna Wharton

Label
Somebody I used to know, Wendy Mitchell and Anna Wharton
Language
eng
Index
no index present
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
Somebody I used to know
Responsibility statement
Wendy Mitchell and Anna Wharton
Summary
What do you lose when your memories begin to disappear? What do you value when this reframes how you've lived, and how you will live in the future? How do you conceive of love when you can no longer recognise those who are supposed to mean the most to you? When she was diagnosed with dementia at the age of fifty-eight, Wendy Mitchell was confronted with the most profound questions about life and identity. Her demanding career in the NHS; her ability to drive, cook and run - the various shades of her independence - were suddenly gone. SOMEBODY I USED TO KNOW is both a heart-rending tribute to the woman Wendy once was, and a brave affirmation of the woman dementia has seen her become
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