Keeper: Living with Nancy

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Keeper: Living with Nancy
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AuthorAndrea Gillies
LanguageEnglish
Genre Memoir / Health
Publisher Short Books
Publication date
May 7, 2009
Publication placeUnited Kingdom
Pages256
ISBN 1-906021-65-1

Keeper: Living with Nancy is a 2009 [1] biographical book written by Andrea Gillies which centers around Alzheimer's disease. It won the Wellcome Book Prize and Orwell Prize.

Contents

Plot

The book is the account of Andrea Gillies' mother-in-law, Nancy, who had been diagnosed with Alzheimer's. It follows how Gillies and her family care for her during her illness while also managing their house, a 22-room B&B. It also describes how Nancy changes and how it affects the family. [2]

Awards

References

  1. ↑ Gillies, Andrea (23 August 2023). Keeper - Google Books. Short. ISBN   9781906021658.
  2. ↑ Grice, Elizabeth (21 June 2010). "'We felt that the valley of the shadow of death was upon us'". The Telegraph. Retrieved 1 October 2017.
  3. ↑ "Andrea Gillies". The Guardian. Retrieved 1 October 2017.
  4. ↑ Robinson, James (19 May 2010). "Orwell Prize goes to blogger who writes about 'working with the underclass'". The Guardian. Retrieved 1 October 2017.
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