Song for Rosaleen [Paperback]

A beautifully crafted memoir of a family coping with their mothers dementia,Song for Rosaleenis both a celebration of Rosaleen Desmonds life and an unflinching account of the practical and ethical dilemmas that faced her six children. Told with love, insight, humour and compassion, it raises important questions about who we become when our memories fail, how our rapidly ageing population can best be cared for, and what this means for us all.

Losing and finding a mother in dementia

Pip Desmond is a Wellington writer, editor and oral historian. She is the author of the award-winningTrust: A True Story of Women and GangsandThe War That Never Ended: New Zealand Veterans Remember Korea. Pip has an MA in creative writing and runs communications company 2Write with her husband Pat. They have three children and four beautiful grandchildren.