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Where the Light Gets In

Losing My Mother Only to Find Her Again

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Many know Kimberly Williams-Paisley as the bride in the popular Steve Martin remakes of the Father of the Bride movies, the calculating Peggy Kenter on Nashville, or the wife of country megastar Brad Paisley. But in 2014, Williams-Paisley revealed a tragic secret: Her mother had been diagnosed with a rare form of dementia called primary progressive aphasia at the age of 61.

In Where the Light Gets In, Williams-Paisley tells the full story of her mother's illness, from diagnosis through the present day, drawing on her memories of her relationship with the fascinating, complicated, and successful woman who raised her so well. She describes educating herself on her mother's condition, letting go of the shame and secrecy that surrounded it, and finding unexpected humor and grace in a terrible situation. Her book also chronicles the ways in which her family's bond was strengthened by the experience, to becoming an awareness advocate, to accepting the woman her mother has become. It is a heartrending and inspiring reminder of how unbreakable our relationships with our mothers are.

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©2016 Kimberly Williams-Paisley (P)2016 Blackstone Audio, Inc. Alzheimer's & Dementia Entertainment & Celebrities Physical Illness & Disease Heartfelt Witty
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wow, thank you so much for opening up about one of your own closest members of your family. If you choose to read this book, you will realise your not the only one going though this and are not alone thoughout. A definate hug type of book.

An amazing book, thank you

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.....an important life lesson for anyone losing someone they love within an illness that takes away the mind that once was. Deeply moving...thanks for sharing....

A personal journey, a gift shared

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I knew I shouldn’t have listened to this book. Just brought back so many memories of my grandmother having Alzheimer’s. It’s a horrible disease to watch a loved one go through this.

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This was so easy to listen too with paisley-Williams soothing and emotive voice.
What an honest and brave account of the life that was lead to the fullest and taken slowly and in the hardest of ways.
Beautiful.

Insightful and emotional

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sensitivity narrated. kept me gripped . such a sad but heartwarming account of dementia

heartbreaking

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