Conversations with My Mother (Hardcover)

The memory of who we are survives in those we love. In Conversations with My Mother, an elderly, good-hearted Francophone struggles with dementia as her small town succumbs to real-estate development. Focused on her relationship with her acerbic caregiver daughter and peripatetic businessman son, the novel examines the siblings' attempts to cope with their mother's deepening decline and the impending sale of the family property to underwrite her care....

Born into a New England family of Qu&#233;b&#233;cois descent, Ronald-St&#233;phane Gilbert is a retired global marketing and communications professional who lives in the Cleveland metro area with his wife Leah and their aged rescue Pekingese, Reggie. His debut novel, <i>Conversations with My Mother, a Novel of Dementia on the Maine Coast, </i> was inspired by his mother's gentle but unremitting descent into dementia and Alzheimer's and his family's attempts to care for her while cherishing what remained of her rapidly vanishing personality. He is a participant in the Cleveland Clinic's landmark BRAIN and Mind studies, a member of various dementia and Alzheimer's organizations, and a native French speaker.