Relentless Goodbye: Grief and Love in the Shadow of Dementia

Publisher Description

This collection of stories illustrates the struggle, pain, humor, adjustment, and

change surrounding a spouse's dementia.

Burkholder's poignant memoir comes as a

result of her husband's dementia, but this

book is not a book just about dementia, or

faith, or grieving. It is a book about the gritty

and glorious substances of life and how, in

the author's case, illness and health, faith and

doubt, grieving and acceptance flow together

into a river of change.

Study questions are included. They are not

only a tool for understanding dementia or the

role of caregivers but can bring greater self-awareness

to every person's life experience.