Keeper
Living with Nancy - a journey into Alzheimer's
Biography
Non-Fiction
Published by Short Books
Winner
2009

This book recalls the life of a family living with a relative with Alzheimer's.
Exploring the brain and consciousness, this book recalls the life of a family living with a relative with Alzheimer’s.
It looks at each side of the coin, the perspective of the sufferer, and of those living around them. Using diary entries and accounts of conversations, Gillies tracks the slow unravelling of everything we consider normal in family life.