A Smile At Twilight

A Smile At Twilight (A Rosedale Tale)

Most stories about Alzheimer's focus on loss.

This one is different.

Within the shadows of receding friendships and memories,

I was blessed to share time, antics,

and laughter with a woman of unbridled spirit.

This book contains cherished recollections of our unlikely friendship.

~ Robert Loyst ~

When retired sales executive Robert Loyst finds himself with nothing much to do, his wife suggests he apply for a position with a likely-sounding organization: Seniors Helping Seniors. There is just one job opening, as an aide to an elderly woman... and Robert is warned that it's only available because nobody else has been able to tough it out. That's how he meets Poppy, a woman so sharp-tongued, impatient, and intolerant, that she's driven away aide after aide. Robert signs on anyway an of his d to everyone's surprise, Poppy actually mellows in the face of his charms. In the years that follow, as Poppy engages in a valiant battle against Alzheimer's, she and Robert form a unique friendship, which lasts through the gradual loss of her faculties, and her ultimate loss of independence. Lively, amusing, instructive, and deeply touching. A Smile At Twilight offers a keen-eyed perspective on the many challenges of caring for a person with Alzheimer's.

Publisher

FriesenPress

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Our mission is to embrace each book as our own and empower our authors to share their best stories with the world.

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Reviews

"Insightful, poignant, moving with moments of great hilarity."

~ Luba Goy, Actor/Comedienne

 "After reading the book, A Smile At Twilight, my overwhelming thought was how comforting it would be if those who are caring for a family member suffering from Alzheimer's Disease, could have access to this book."

~ Aristotle Voineskos, MD, PhD