Welcome to Litsy!

Reactivating Everand has enabled me to read a few books very late to the party. Here and there the narrator's lack of self-awareness grated on me a bit, but mostly I found it sweet.

Wendy was, without a doubt, an extraordinary individual with many outstanding qualities. Her strength of personality coupled with her incredible drive, determination, and positivity in the face of what for lesser mortals would've been a devastating diagnosis is inspiring and humbling.

However, I was not in the right place for this...perhaps no more medical memoirs for me for a while...

I'm sure others would find this a source of hope.

Just read this novella.

While researching books about #alzheimers and #senility on Litsy, I found this title. I did not care for the reader of this audio book, she sounded high falutin to me (probably because I'm low maintenance West Coast 🇺🇸). But the book hit the spot. It had more to do with Patti's grief given the circumstances of her father's disease and her parents' lack of affection which I can relate to.

This book was a reminder of why I love StoryGraph‘s reading challenges so much. I never would have discovered such a lovely story without #52bookclub25‘s bonus prompt: set in New Zealand. It‘s a mystery that will break your heart to pieces. The author did a fantastic job of bringing the struggles of caring for someone with Alzheimer‘s to the page. I couldn‘t put this book down.

The audiobook was great. She brought Emily‘s emotions to life.

#Bibliophile #LongTitle
For such a skinny little book, it has an awfully long title

@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @Eggs

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“It was grotesque, the way I kept trying to save that relationship. Like trying to tuck an elephant into pants.”

#AsianAuthor

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@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

A lovely novella and it made me emotional as I knew it would

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4/5