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|title=The Memory Book

|sort=Memory Book, The

|publisher=Ebury Press

|date=January 2014

|website=http://http://www.rowancoleman.co.uk/

|summary=What must it feel like to know that your life is coming to an end? Even worse, what if the life you have already is steadily being lost as your mind succumbs to early onset Alzheimer’s? That is the frightening future that Claire Ryan faces as she tries to cling on to the memories that she holds most dear. One solution is to collect and preserve all those special times in a book – one that helps her to remember and one that her family will treasure once she has gone. The Memory Book is the place for Claire to make sure that while she continues to forget, she will not be forgotten.

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When Claire Ryan first hears the devastating news that she has early-onset Alzheimer’s disease, her first instinct is to run away. However, she does not get far before she realises that she is already forgetting where she lives and the names of simple everyday objects that she has always taken for granted. The worst implication of the news though is that soon she will no longer remember the special events in her life such as giving birth to her daughters nor will she recognise their faces or remember how much she loves the man that is her husband. Not only is this traumatic for her, the effect on her family is unbearable. This is a modern day tragedy with seemingly, no happy ending.