Please Remember Me as I Was: A Memoir of Living with PCA Alzheimer's - Valerie Blumenthal

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n nI was told by my doctor that I was suffering from stress; but I knew otherwise.n n n nThis is my story of what it feels like to have a rare form of Alzheimer's. In order to recount it, I have used voice recognition software. n n n nAs little by little I am deprived of my faculties, I am rendered completely illiterate. It is a cruel trick to play on a novelist. n n n nI hope that this book will resonate with all who might read it.n n n nReviews of Valerie Blumenthal's previous books.n n n nValerie Blumenthal writes beautifully about the mother/daughter relationship, hidden secrets and Alzheimer's in her latest novel set in Italy. n nTina Betts, literary agent on The Lupo Stickn n n nValerie Blumenthal explores her protagonist's dilemma with sympathy and tact, producing a very readable novel which makes some thoughtful points about the nature of maternal love.n nThe Times on Saturday's Childn n n n wise novel ... Shrewdly observed and lit by comic compassion. n nShe Magazine on Kempton's Journeyn