The literary critic John Bayley has written a deeply affecting lament for his late wife, the philosopher and novelist Iris Murdoch, as she disappeared into the insidious fog of Alzheimer's. She died at roughly the same time the book was published, in January of this year. Yet Bayley's book is not only a threnody; it is also an epithalamium, a nuptial hymn offered in praise of their 40-some years of marriage.
Books
Aging Together
Dementia, Friendship, and Flourishing Communities
by Susan H. and John T. McFadden
No Act of Love Is Ever Wasted
The Spirituality of Caring for Persons with Dementia
By Jane Marie Thibault and Richard L. Morgan
A Loving Approach to Dementia Care
Making Meaningful Connections with the Person Who Has Alzheimer’s Disease or Other Dementia or Memory Loss
