Remember You When

by Liz Fichera

Seventeen year-old Charlotte Sawyer’s whole life changes when her mother is diagnosed with early-onset Alzheimer’s disease. She tries to keep her life normal—friendships, swim team, school, hot steady boyfriend—but how can anything be normal when your own mother forgets your name? Cesar Hodges, the perpetual class-clown Charlotte crushed on from eighth grade science lab, re-enters her life when she least expects it and when she needs him most. But can Cesar handle her when her world is crashing down?

Alzheimer's disease, as seen through the eyes of two teens, REMEMBER YOU WHEN is contemporary and realistic fiction that tackles a frightening issue with authenticity and sensitivity.

231 pages, Paperback

Published July 30, 2019

About the author

Liz is an author living in the American Southwest by way of Chicago.

Reviews

[Liz Fichera · Rating 5 out of 5]

I might be a tad biased. But if you have a loved one who's battling Alzheimer's, you are not alone.

[Trisha · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book centred around an important and very sad issue - early-onset Alzheimer's. I've known a couple of people whose families have been affected by this tragic condition, and my mother knew someone whose husband developed the illness while still in his 40s. In short, it's a terrible, horrible disease, and I believe this is the first book I've read that features it.

I know that this is also a subject very close to the author's heart, which explains how she was able to bring such brutal honesty to the story about how this disease affects those who must care for the ill person.

The book had a few typographical errors here and there, but it was a really good read that made me both happy and sad at various times. Cesar and Charlotte made a sweet couple, and Cesar just seemed to have that compassionate aspect to his personality that not everyone has. It's a gift, and he had it!