4.25 This book broke my heart and shattered me in a way I have not experienced since my dad was diagnosed with cancer. It is honest and brutally beautiful. Go into this one knowing it is going to wreck you and when you put it down, once finished, leave a more understanding person. Highly recommend.

The author writes as an observer (you feel this, you do this) of her own experience. This is the story of Addison's journey with her husband Leo through his symptoms and eventual diagnosis of Lewy Body Dementia. Her writing is extremely personal. Her writing takes the reader into their lives, the forays from doctors to hospitals to assisted care facilities to private nursing. After many poor physicians' diagnoses and horrible hospital stays, Addison finds an amazing caretaker for her husband. Her own work as a visual artist is parallel to this story; she becomes the sole provider since Leo cannot work after his memory and speech are gone.

For anyone dealing with this illness, or premature dementia in a family member, this book as an essential read.

Thanks to NetGalley and Edelweiss Plus for the eARC.