Dementia Fiction

Tag: New Zealand

  • “Memory” by Margaret Mahy

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    I’m going to be really honest. It took me longer than usual to get into Carnegie Medal winning writer, Margaret Mahy’s Memory. The novel opens with a quite lengthy, and somewhat confusing section which introduces us to the main protagonist, Jonny Dart. He’s drunk and angry and trying to get to the bottom of an incident…

  • “Alzheimer’s and a Spoon” by Liz Breslin

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    Alzheimer’s and a Spoon – Liz Breslin In New Zealand-based poet Liz Breslin’s first full collection she turns her attention to her own grandmother’s experience with Dementia. Her Polish babcia, Manuela was a devout Catholic, a soldier in the Warsaw uprising and an incredibly interesting women. In these 75 short poems Breslin documents her life, her experience…

  • “The ACB With Honora Lee” by Kate De Goldi

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    with illustrations by Gregory O’Brien I absolutely adored The ACB with Honora Lee. It grabbed me the moment I opened it. I’m always on the look out for books which help children and young adults to understand what it’s like living with Dementia and I could instantly see how this book would appeal to mid-Primary aged…