“A powerful portrait of Alzheimer’s…marked by strong emotions and often bleak honesty.” —The Washington Post“The vulnerability, courage, and honesty in Before I Forget are heart-opening. Fear can be paralyzing…yet B. and Dan beautifully demonstrate that there is a different way to approach this stealthy invader. Alzheimer’s needs to come out of the shadows, and this book is an important step.” … this book is an important step.”
—Maria Shriver
Restaurateur, magazine publisher, celebrity chef, and nationally known lifestyle maven, B. Smith is struggling at 66 with a tag she never expected to add to that string: Alzheimer’s patient. She’s not alone. Every 67 seconds someone newly develops it, and millions of lives are affected by its aftershocks.
B. and her husband, Dan, working with Vanity Fair contributing editor Michael Shnayerson, unstintingly share their unfolding story. Crafted in short chapters that interweave their narrative with practical and helpful advice, readers learn about dealing with Alzheimer’s day-to-day challenges: the family realities and tensions, ways of coping, coming research that may tip the scale, as well as lessons learned along the way.
At its heart, Before I Forget is a love story: illuminating a love of family, life, and hope.
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I am at stage 3. It helped me look at myself and helped me understand what may be ahead.
Great information from someone who is and/ or has gone through Alzheimers, from a caregiver’s aspect, also from the one who is experiencing the disease. An excellent read.
Good read as our family is walking the Alzheimer’s journey with our mother.
Alzheimer’s disease is something that will eventually touch all of us in some way. It is expecially sad when it affects someone as great as B Smith. I loved watching her television show. It was very informative about stages of the disease. I appreciate the candor from both B and her husband. God bless them on this journey.
Can never get to much information on this subject. Especially when it is from the hrart
Too divisive when it comes too research funding. Our country is already to divided, to add to the divisiveness is Not what our country needs, nor will increase needed research.