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A review by thebookofmomlife
What We Carry by Maya Shanbhag Lang
5.0
As I sit and try to write a review I’m just flooded with memories of my grandmother, of my childhood, motherhood, of so many things. Maya is a beautiful storyteller. The way she explains Alzheimer’s, “Alzheimer’s is devastating because it annihilates one’s story. It vacuums it up. Even the name feels greedy to me. It drags your loved one away from you. My mom no longer belongs to me. She belongs to her illness.
My time with her is a way of countering that apostrophe.”
We all have an image of what our parents story is but I don’t think we ever take off our blinders to actually see or even ask questions to find out more, afraid of what the answers may be. This book asks the hard questions and deals with real life situations and surviving them. There is so much I can say about this book , that I’ll carry with me, so I’ll just say this read this book. You won’t regret it.
My time with her is a way of countering that apostrophe.”
We all have an image of what our parents story is but I don’t think we ever take off our blinders to actually see or even ask questions to find out more, afraid of what the answers may be. This book asks the hard questions and deals with real life situations and surviving them. There is so much I can say about this book , that I’ll carry with me, so I’ll just say this read this book. You won’t regret it.