{"product_id":"my-disappearing-mother-suzanne-finnamore-9798888450154","title":"My Disappearing Mother: A Memoir of Magic and Loss in the Country of Dementia","description":"\u003cb\u003eTo come to terms with her mother's dementia, writer Suzanne Finnamore's groundbreaking new memoir conceptualizes dementia as an actual, albeit rather magical, place, \"like the Acropolis or Yonkers...a place where beloved and ancient queens and kings retire, where linear time doesn't exist, and the rules of society are laid aside.... Whenever I go to my parents' double-wide in Hayward, California, I am really traveling to Dementia.\"\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"I love @sfinnamore's new book, \"My Disappearing Mother.\" --@Annelamott on X\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eMy Disappearing Mother: A Memoir of Magic and Loss\u003c\/i\u003e is far more than a memoir on the devastation that comes with dementia, a cognitive impairment that affects 55 million people worldwide. Finnamore beautifully chronicles her mother's rich and varied life journey, from her birth in Puerto Rico during the height of the Depression to ferrying to the United States, in hopes of a better life. On U.S. soil, her mother, Bunny, started working as a performer for enlisted men, then became a secretary, and eventually a professional clairvoyant. With unexpected humor, Suzanne explores the feeling of love, grief, family, and loss while celebrating the bonds between mothers and daughters. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn Suzanne's words, \"I want a book that attests to the fact that in a world full of disease, there is an abiding and supernatural force of love. That because of this, the sadness and the horror can be borne. That laughter can live alongside grief. That it must.\" When Suzanne's guest essay \"Dementia Is a Place Where My Mother Lives. It Is Not Who She Is\" was published in the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e on Mother's Day 2022, readers responded with an outpouring of empathy and love. And so this book was born, full of clues and guidance to help others feel less alone on the path that Finnamore has walked.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Suzanne Finnamore\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 8888450157\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798888450154\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Post Hill Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/24\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.60lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.30h x 5.60w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/0001","brand":"Suzanne Finnamore","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44121112346879,"sku":"9798888450154","price":28.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_be72089b-42eb-43c3-965b-1512293244ef.jpg?v=1687418115","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/my-disappearing-mother-suzanne-finnamore-9798888450154","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}