A Silent Tsunami
Swimming Against the Tide of my Mother's Dementia - WINNER of the Rubery Book Award for Non-Fiction 2025
$35.69
- Hardcover
336 pages
- Release Date
5 February 2025
Summary
Combining personal and professional experience, A Silent Tsunami is a moving exploration of the development of Dementia and its impacts on a mother-daughter relationship.
A Silent Tsunami is a unique combination of memoir and medicine - Rowan forensically examines the development of her mother’s illness and explores dementia in a frank but illuminating, lyrical and moving way.
Anthea Rowan writes about her mother’s struggles of living with Dementia, while inte…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781835010570 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1835010571 |
| Author: | Anthea Rowan |
| Publisher: | Bedford Square Publishers |
| Imprint: | Bedford Square Publishers |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 336 |
| Release Date: | 5 February 2025 |
| Weight: | 444g |
| Dimensions: | 37mm x 145mm x 222mm |
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Critics Review
‘The strength of this book lies in the way Anthea brings to life her personal story. It is, by turns, warm, reflective, angry, but always moving. Its uniqueness comes from the perfect balance between scientific context and the mother-daughter narrative – aided by her understanding of the frustration that we scientists feel at seeing what is possible but not being delivered.’ Professor Craig Ritchie Founder and CEO Scottish Brain Sciences Professor of Brain Health and Neurodegenerative Medicine University of St Andrews
‘This beautiful tribute to her mother is part confession, part memoir and part investigative analysis. The underlying foundation is a love that refuses to bend. Anthea captures so eloquently the tug of war between a daughter and her mother “who is being erased”’ Manni Coe, author of the bestselling brother. do. you. love. me.
‘An extraordinary memoir… a powerful account not just of the disease’s cruel development but also its devastating impact on a mother-daughter relationship. The most moving dementia story you’ll read’ The Times
‘Powerful and provocative’ The Daily Mail
‘A courageous account… with a message of hope’ Irish Times
‘Rowan probes the science to try and bring clarity to both her experience and those of others living through a similar story’ The Bookseller
‘A beautiful blend of memoir and medical science journalism… This is a seriously impressive book’ Judges, The Rubery Book Award
Anthea Rowan
Anthea Rowan is a writer, journalist and blogger. She writes for newspapers and magazines across the world. She contributes to Vogue, the Washington Post, The Irish Times and the South China Morning Post.
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