SUZANNE FINNAMORE

He came home from work. She fixed him a martini. He said she looked beautiful. And then four catastrophic words hung in the air between them: I. Want. A. Divorce. That was it. Suddenly Suzanne Finnamore was alone, with no idea of what to do next. What would she say to her young son when he woke up the next morning? How would she tell the world that he'd chosen to move on and leave her behind? She faced the news of her ex-husband's Thing Woman, she suffered the emptiness of a Valentine's Day alone, she drank all the mandarin-flavoured vodka that was festering in the freezer. But with a lot of grit and the help of her whiskey-toting mother, Bunny, and loyal friend Christian, she found the hope and humour to drag herself through.

To come to terms with her mothers dementia, writer Suzanne Finnamores groundbreaking new memoir conceptualizes dementia as an actual, albeit rather magical, place, like the Acropolis or Yonkersa place where beloved and ancient queens and kings retire, where linear time doesnt exist, and the rules of society are laid aside. Whenever I go to my parents double-wide in Hayward, California, I am really traveling to Dementia.I love @sfinnamores new book, My Disappearing Mother. @Annelamott on XMy Disappearing Mother: A Memoir of Magic and Loss is far more than a memoir on the devastation that comes with dementia, a cognitive impairment that affects 55 million people worldwide. Finnamore beautifully chronicles her mothers rich and varied life journey, from her birth in Puerto Rico during the height of the Depression to ferrying to the United States, in hopes of a better life. On U.S. soil, her mother, Bunny, started working as a performer for enlisted men, then became a secretary, and eventually a professional clairvoyant. With unexpected humor, Suzanne explores the feeling of love, grief, family, and loss while celebrating the bonds between mothers and daughters.In Suzannes words, I want a book that attests to the fact that in a world full of disease, there is an abiding and supernatural force of love. That because of this, the sadness and the horror can be borne. That laughter can live alongside grief. That it must. When Suzannes guest essay Dementia Is a Place Where My Mother Lives. It Is Not Who She Is was published in the New York Times on Mothers Day 2022, readers responded with an outpouring of empathy and love. And so this book was born, full of clues and guidance to help others feel less alone on the path that Finnamore has walked.

Eve, ejecutiva de publicidad de treinta y tantos, esta exultante: por fin ha conseguido que su novio le proponga matrimonio. Pero queda un año para la boda, doce meses que se convertirán en un auténtico torbellino de despropósitos... Una divertida parodia del ritual del matrimonio moderno y de los prejuicios de una generación.

He came home from work. She fixed him a martini. He said she looked beautiful. And then he asked for a divorce.Suddenly Suzanne Finnamore was alone, with no idea of what to do next. How would she tell their friends hed left her behind? What would she tell her young son? She downed the mandarin-flavoured vodka, she faced the news of her ex-husbands infidelity and suffered Valentines Day alone. And with a lot of grit and her whiskey-toting mothers help, she found the hope and humour to pull through. From her darkest moments to the eventual freedom of life on her own, Suzannes story will speak to anyone whose hearts been stamped on - and needed the strength to start afresh.