Becca Bear

Thanks for your kind thoughts and your concern. I really appreciate all of the support and kindness from the members of this board. Everyone has been wonderful. I'll look into the books and authors you've suggested. They sound like subjects I would be interested in and the 700 pages doesn't scare me off (lol)! Thanks.

Becca Bear

Thanks for the suggestion. This sound like a book I would enjoy. I will definitely look into this book.

Becca Bear

Thank you so much. Everyone here has been just wonderful.

efayard

I ditto all the authors already mentioned. If you like romance, Robyn Carr has a series-- Virgin River-- that's pretty good. I lost my mom in August. She had been between the hospital and nursing home since April. In the beginning she went through an episode of dementia which the doctor said was hospital induced psychosis. She didn't know where she was and barely knew me and my sisters. I believe it was the drugs they were giving her supposedly for anxiety and to sleep. She got better after awhile and was more like herself. It was really sad seeing her go through this. She was 92 and lived a healthy life until this episode. You're in my prayers. I know you're going through a rough time.

Becca Bear

Thank you so much for your kind words. My mom is 79 years old and has been struggling with this for almost two years. It is more of a psychosis instead of dementia. She has both her long and short term memory, but she has hallucinations. Some times she thinks that I'm her older sister and she thinks my brother is our dad. Some of the things she says are just precious, for instance, I recently had a birthday and the entire family gathered at her house. I brought a lemon meringue pie and she told everyone they had to try a piece of the pie because she made it from scratch from lemons she picked off a tree in her backyard! Other times she has horrible hallucinations, seeing snakes, spiders and other frightening things in her home. She does take routine medications to help with the hallucinations, but there are occasional times when the medications don't seem to help. She has more good days than bad, thank goodness. She has always been such a loving and gentle person and would do anything to help anyone that needed it. It's hard to see her change so much.

ZTAgirlknits

I love Jodi Picoult, but she always makes me cry!! Nora Roberts is also a favorite, or Phylippa Gregory. Or if you're into the supernatural I am hooked on the Charlaine Harris Sookie Stackhouse books!

jitkaau

My two favourites:
The Heart is a Lonely Hunter, by Carson McCullers
To Kill a Mockingbird, by Harper Lee.
Both are page turners and the movies made were well done as well.

merchjag

Iris Johansen-the Eve Duncan series-good reading

Edie

Mary Higgins Clark
Carol Higgins Clark
Diane Mott Davidson
Richard Paul Evans - Every book a treasure, truly
Joanne Fluke
Earlene Fowler
Jan Karon
Wally Lamb - Excellent
Beverly Lewis
Judith Miller
Tracie Peterson
Emilie Richards
Ann B. Ross
Nicholas Sparks
Nancy E. Turner

As you can see, I keep my records alphabetically.
Each book by each author is an audiobook. For those of us who are audiobookphiles!!!!!! Edie

emerald46

I read anything printed on paper..lol. Loved "The Help" and all those silly Stephanie Plum's make me laugh. My love and prayers...going through almost the same with my Mom. We moved her into our home first of October and hoping to keep her for a very long time.