Authors -Lisa Genova “Still Alice”and Film “To Not Fade Away” & Kathy Ritchie “My Demented Mom”
Alzheimer’s Speaks Radio interviews:
Lisa Genova, Authors of New York Times Best Seller “Still Alice” and who is also featured in the new documentary film “To Not Fade Away.”
Kathy Ritchie, Author of the blog “My Demented Mom” and contributing author in the book “The Moment”
Here is the link to the radio show
Lisa Genova is a Harvard –trained Neuroscientist, who is a featured expert in the new documentary “To Not Fade Away.” Lisa is also the author of the New York Times bestselling novel, Still Alice, about a 50-year-old woman’s sudden descent into early onset Alzheimer’s disease.
To Not Fade Away… FILM premieres January 20th at 10pm on RLTV.
This is a touching documentary that tells a story about Alzheimer’s like it has not been told before- from the point of view of a patient, her family, experts and doctors. I give it two thumbs up!
Here are 4 great clips of film – “To Not Fade Away”-
http://podcast.rl.tv/45669small.html
http://podcast.rl.tv/45668small.html
http://podcast.rl.tv/45666small.html
http://podcast.rl.tv/54816small.html
To contact Lisa Genova directly go to her Website or reach out to her on Facebook
Lisa’s Publicist – Jean Anne Rose
Director of Publicity, Gallery Books
1230 Avenue of the Americas
New York, New York 10020
Jeananne.rose@simonandschuster.com
212-698-7579
Kathy Ritchie and her Mom
Kathy Ritchie is the founder of the blog My Demented Mom. Kathy feels and speaks about the raw emotions of dementia from a daughters perspective. I embrace her for her courage and honesty and hope others can learn from her struggles via her Mother’s memory loss.  As a writer, Kathy started the blog in 2007 as a means of coping with her mother’s illness and expressing her own frustrations and struggles with her mom’s diagnosis and the toll on both her and her family…. she also wanted to share her experiences with other young adult caregivers who are navigating life, career, relationships, while dealing with a terminally sick parent. She has been learning to cope with her mother’s progressive disease for the past 7 years. Kathy was 27 when her mother began to exhibit signs of dementia. Her mother has been “diagnosed” frontotemporal dementia. She is now in a nursing home. Kathy is also a contributing author in the new book, THE MOMENT by Larry Smith of Smith Magazine
To Contact Kathy:
web/blog: www.mydementedmom.com
 twitter: @mydementedmom
Thank you for the wonderful work you do. Your book spoke to me and I could not put it down. Caregiving my Husband has been a lonely and difficult journey, and I thankyou for your words that help fill the gap of understanding.
http://www.caringbridge.org/visit/johnjaycox
Thank you for your comment Lorraine. Lisa’s book “Still Alice” is excellent!
Lori
HI Lorraine
I”m so glad you found “Still Alice” valuable for you. I think it’s a fantastic book too!
Lori