Ah yes, the isolation of feeling weird or a failure. Personally, I don't think you need to have a diagnose of ADHD (or ME in my case) to think you're not living up to the current standards of the demanding society we live in. So let me add this book to my shelf on Goodreads about being-good-enough.

Apparently, you can be a three-year old girl bouncing up and down at every opportunity, but not a seventeen-year old young woman who feels like she is fizzing inside.
I enjoyed Nina as a character – struggling and picking herself up, even if that meant to ask for help (not that easy, even for adults). Don't we all need an Alf or a John in life from time to time, someone to have our back?

That is a truly great book. It has a very sensitive main topic (dementia) that is treated with lots of empathy. There is a dual timeline in the story, the "everyday" shows Ernie's slow decline and the loving care of his family. The "far away" parts are about Ernie's memories of a sometimes painful, but good life.
I loved the main characters, first of all Ernie who is a warm hearted, good man. The ending of the story made me cry, it was really moving, but also hopeful for Ernie's "misfit" granddaughter who in the end found her place, something that makes her happy.
I must also mention the author's style that also added to an enjoyable read.
I'm really happy to have found this book. Thank you.

What a gorgeous book. As someone that has a be the effects dementia can have on a person and what it can take away this story is a beautiful look into that world and I love how it brings both young and old together. Dementia can take away a lot of things but never love.