A good distance Book

I enjoy books written from different perspectives. The reader sees how memories can be molded to fit the needs of the person doing the remembering. When Alzheimer's plays a role in those memories, there is added even another layer.

Jennifer's mother, Rose, comes to live with Jennifer, her daughter and Jennifer's husband of 3 years. Jennifer has been a disappointment to Rose and wants to make amends, seek and give forgiveness. The toll it takes on her marriage and the impact Rose's presence has on her own daughter, and how Jennifer views her responsibility as a mother is another interesting part of the story.

The book is told from first person, when Jennifer is narrating, and third person when told from Rose's perspective. We also get a piece of Rose's childhood and learn she faced similar problems as Jennifer when she was young and we know Rose when she was newly married, having babies and, later, widowed young with three young children and starting to date again.

The author brilliantly works memories into Rose's Alzheimer's-suffering mind that the reader soons learns will be addressed in later chapters.

I can't speak highly enough of this book