Alzheimer’s is defined as memory loss and confusion.

No cure exists, but medications and management strategies may temporarily improve symptoms.

As a fiction author, I ask: WHAT IF…?

WHAT IF there was a new definition of Alzheimer’s and its treatment?

WHAT IF we could view this terrible neurodegenerative disease in a new light, with the idea of going back to a collective mind shared with nature and God, connecting everything with spirit?

In my novel, BETWEEN DARKNESS AND DAWN, this is demonstrated through a character named Adam, who creates life-sized clay sculptures based on memories of his loved ones, and whose decline is palliated by living in nature and being overseen by a compassionate nurse.

Does my story answer the WHAT IF…? in a way that is satisfying and not contrived?

The only way I know for sure is through my readers, one of whom wrote:

“I found the story of the fellow camper, a man suffering with Alzheimer’s, to be particularly touching and eye-opening in its alternative view of this disease.”

Which is the response from readers I hope to inspire in book two of my “Enter the Between” visionary fiction series: an opening to perspectives they’ve never considered before.

Has a work of fiction opened your mind to new perspectives? If so, it has done its job.

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