Growing Down: Poems to an Alzheimer's Patient

by Anne Simpson

Ann Simpson writes to find her way through her husband, Bob's forest of dementia. Anne's compelling poems will inspire and console any human being who has experienced the slow loss of a loved one, and will help prepare anyone who hasn't for this journey that can only be called sacred.

95 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2008

Reviews

[Beryl · Rating 5 out of 5]

I read one poem from Anne’s exquisite testament to enduring love almost every day before writing. Her poetry, so totally accessible, spare and lyric in its profound human understanding, never fails to elicit a thrill of recognition and awe. Anne captures, within a phrase, an entire lifetime and transforms our understanding of that lifetime.