![]() Tangles confronts the complexityof Alzheimer s disease, and ultimately releases a knot of memoriesand dreams to reveal a bond between a mother and a daughter thatwill never come apart. Tangles: A Story About Alzheimer’s, My Mother and Me By Sarah Leavitt Freehand Books 128 pp 23. Midge, a Harvardeducatedintellectual, struggles to comprehend the simplest words Sarah s father, Rob, slowly adapts to his new role as full-time caretaker, but still finds time for wordplay and poetry with his wife Sarah and her sister Hannah argue, laugh, and grieve together asthey join forces to help Midge. In spare blackand-white drawings and clear, candid prose, Sarah shares herfamily s journey through a harrowing range of emotions shock, denial, hope, anger, frustration all the while learning to cope, and managing to find moments of happiness. In this powerful memoir the New York Times called a poignantaccount, Sarah Leavitt reveals how Alzheimer s disease transformedher mother, Midge, and her family. In this powerful memoir the New York Times called a poignantaccount, Sarah Leavitt reveals how Alzheimer s disease transformedher mother, Midge, and her family forever. ![]() ![]() In spare blackand-white drawings and clear, candid prose, Sarah shares herfamily. In spare black-and-white drawings and clear, candid prose, Sarah shares her family's journey through a harrowing range of emotions-shock, denial, hope, anger, frustration-all the while learning to cope, and managing to find moments of happiness. ![]() ![]()
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