A Silent Tsunami: Swimming Against the Tide of my Mother's Dementia

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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.

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.'By turns, warm, reflective, angry, but always moving...the perfect balance between scientific context and the mother-daughter narrative' Professor Craig Ritchie, University of St AndrewsAnthea Rowan writes about her mothers struggles of living with Depression and Dementia, while interpreting our understandings of this life-changing illness. Grounded in observations, A Silent Tsunami aims to prepare others for what to expect when this tide changes by recounting the lessons learned from experiences and challenges.Focusing on our relationship with our mothers and their influences on us, as well as the questions we ask ourselves about how mental illnesses and Dementia impact our lives, A Silent Tsunami is a powerful examination of family, life, love and loss.

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'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

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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. She lives in Africa. Mostly.