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Just past seventy, Alex Witchel's smart, adoring, ultracapable mother began to exhibit signs of dementia. Her smart, adoring, ultracapable daughter reacted as she'd been raised: If something was broken, they would fix it. But medical reality undid that hope, and her mother continued to disappear in plain sight. So Witchel retreated to the kitchen, trying to reclaim her mother by cooking the comforting foods of her childhood.

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Elizabeth Tai

3.5 stars. The pain a family member goes through when a loved one goes through dementia is indescribable. When Alex received the bad news that her fiercely intelligent and accomplished mother will be a shadow of herself she copes by preparing her mothers signature dishes - food that she no longer knows how to prepare. Poignant, sad and moving.

December 7, 2015

RitaSupporter

A good read about a a relationship between a mother and a daughter. It was a little difficult to get into at first, but after a while, I was emotionally invested. The book follows what happens as the Mother's health deteriorates, and is at times funny and at times heartbreaking. The asides about cooking and the recipes seemed to fit in in certain parts, and in others sort of distracted from the story. All in all it was a good read.