My Mum wrote a book.
A real book that will be published next month by Scribe Publications and available in book shops all over Australia and maybe one day all over the world.

The book is called Alzheimer's: A Love Story and this is what it says on her website about it;

When the last of Vivienne Ulman’s four children left home, she and her husband were poised to enjoy their freedom. Then her mother’s Alzheimer’s intervened.

In Alzheimer’s: a love story, Ulman records with tender lyricism and searing honesty the progress of her mother’s Alzheimer’s, her own grief over the gradual loss of her beloved mother, and the way in which her parents’ enduring love for each other sustained them.

Into this she weaves an account of her family’s history, in particular her father’s rise from farm boy to confidant of prime ministers — achievements made possible by the loving strength of the woman by his side. In a reversal of roles, he now amply returned this support.

This inspiring Australian story is a tale for the sandwich generation, squeezed on one side by concerns for their children and on the other by anxiety about their parents. It is about illness, grief, and hardship, but it is also about love, determination, and joy.

I have one, signed by the author, advanced reading copy (the draft before the final draft) of Alzheimer's: A Love Story to give away. To make this a gift from me and my girls too I will include in the package a crocheted flower brooch and a t-shirt designed and screen printed my girls.