October 4, 2017…Submitted by Linda Lee Greene, Author & Artist
5 Stars...Uplifting in its sincerity; illuminating in its wisdom;
heartbreaking in its candor, A DAUGHTER’S PROMISE by prolific writer and book
reviewer Fran Lewis is the story of her mother Ruth’s journey through Alzheimer’s
Disease. Written from the points of view of both Ruth and Fran, the book gives readers
insight into the mind and heart of the sufferer, as well as of the caregiver,
dual perspectives not often available in other literary pieces of this kind.
“Something has overtaken my thoughts, mind, and thinking
skills. But what? I have no idea. Slowly, methodically, and carefully, like a
book with its chapters outlined and set in type to be published and printed, my
world seems dimmer and my memory all fogged up as this entity takes hold within
the recesses of my mind, ready to print out and publish my future…”
In words gleaned from Ruth’s journals she kept during much
of her illness, Fran, her mother’s caregiver and chronicler, offers to the
world in this outstanding book an intimate story readers will not soon forget. In
addition to Ruth’s journal writings, it brims with Fran’s observations,
expressions of her feelings, as well as helpful hints in the care of afflicted
people of this disease, including valuable professional resources. In its
essence, it is a grateful, loyal, and brave daughter’s tribute to her
remarkable mother, and the extraordinary steps she takes to remain faithful to
her promise to her mother not to place her in a nursing home or any other outside facility.
