Finding Rose

A Novel

By: Angelia Brigance

Narrated by: Ali Cheff

Rose is delightful, flamboyant, and a widow. Having just lost her husband, Rose's daughter steps in to find Rose increasingly disoriented and forgetful. Even as a nurse, Maureen does not recognize the early signs of her mother's dementia - a diagnosis that changes her mother's life and those close to her.

The contrast between the reality of Rose's condition and the "Casablanca Style" in which she lived is stark yet beautiful.

The story follows Maureen and Rose as Maureen learns skills to open communication with her mother through her mother's confusion, being open to stories from the past that may be new to her, how to work through being part of the Sandwich Generation and understanding family conflict arising from a dementia diagnosis.

Through Maureen, you will learn practical skills to understand and communicate with someone with dementia at the early and middle stages. It gives insight into what it feels like to have dementia and how to answer difficult questions without using reality orientation or the therapeutic lie such as "Where is my husband?" when they have passed away - maybe a long time ago. It helps families understand they are not alone.

This book parallels Still Alice's medical description of the illness but picks up where Still Alice leaves off. Finding Rose provides practical application for how to stay connected with your loved ones.

©2019 Angelia Brigance (P)2019 Made for Success

Just Okay

Even though the topic is of utmost importance I found the story not profound enough to be relatable to everyone; the writing is okay and the content may be good for someone who is absolutely new to relating with someone who has been diagnosed with dementia/Alzheimer’s disease; still, I think it got very lost in trying to make it seem like a novel or entertaining read. It is neither informative enough nor fully entertaining leaving it “middle of the road” and, on top of it, either the reader doesn’t understand what punctuation signs are for or the author didn’t use them correctly thus rendering sentences and even paragraphs that are incorrectly read changing the meaning of what is said.

Not What I Expected

More of a instructional book on dementia. I appreciate learning more about this heartbreaking medical issue.

Finding Rose

Finding Rose is a heartwarming , practical and very entertaining
Great story, great characters
This book will help anyone going through Dementia
I highly recommend listening to this book, could not put it down

Reading didn't flow

Had to stop mid chapter 2...reading was rather poor. Jagged....didn't sound conversational or flow. Was annoying and I just couldn't stay with it, which was disappointing since the topic was close to my heart.