Until I Forget, and After (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9798264165276)

"She arrived like weather, sudden and already happening. She sat without asking. Accused me of literary sexism. Quizzed me on Tennyson. Called Yeats "acceptable, if slightly tragic."

I said almost nothing. These days, that's not a strategy, it's biology. Speech comes slowly now. My tongue and lips have begun their long betrayal. Every sentence is a negotiation. Every syllable a small battle.

But still... she looked at me. Not like I was broken. Not like I was fading.
Like I was real."

You will cry when you read this book-but in the best possible way. The kind of crying that reminds you why love, memory, and laughter are worth holding onto, even when everything else begins to slip away.

In a long-term care home where time drifts like dust motes in sunlight, two souls find each other again-one word, one laugh, one trembling dance at a time.

Josiah is a retired literature professor with a fading body and a sharp, stubborn mind. Eleanor is a whimsical, paint-splattered poet whose memories wander off but somehow find their way home. Together, they make a kind of imperfect, luminous sense.

From napkin poems and hallway waltzes to pudding-cup rebellions and late-night confessions, Until I Forget, and After is a breathtakingly tender novel that will make you laugh through tears and ache with joy.

Woven with original poetry and rich with humor, heartbreak, and beauty, this story captures the sacredness of being seen, even when the world forgets your name.

For readers who love The One Hundred Years of Lenni and Margot, Still Alice, and The Notebook, this is more than a love story-it's a promise that even when memory fades, love still remembers.

Author: Beatrix Quinn
ISBN-13: 9798264165276
Publisher: Independently Published
Language: English
Published: 09/19/2025
Pages: 168
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.51lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.36d