Release of New Novel, “Conversations With My Mother, a Novel of Dementia on the Maine Coast,” by Ronald-Stéphane Gilbert – PR.com

Cleveland,
OH,
January
19,
2025
–(PR.com)– Rootstock
Publishing
announces
the
publication
of
Ronald-Stéphane
Gilbert‘s
Conversations
with
My
Mother:
a
Novel
of
Dementia
on
the
Maine
Coast,
which
tells
the
story
of
an
elderly,
good-hearted
Francophone
who
struggles
with
dementia
as
her
small
seaside
town
succumbs
to
real-estate
development.
Focused
on
her
relationship
with
her
acerbic
caregiver
daughter
and
peripatetic
businessman
son,
the
novel
examines
the
siblings’
attempts
to
cope
with
their
mother’s
deepening
decline
and
the
impending
sale
of
the
family
property
to
underwrite
her
care.
With
a
strong
sense
of
place
that
draws
parallels
between
the
beleaguered
heroine’s
persistent
kindness
and
the
embattled
Maine
coast’s
enduring
beauty,
this
book
is
as
much
about
gain
as
it
is
about
loss,
and,
ultimately,
is
more
about
hope
than
regret.
Available
from
the
author’s
site
as
well
as
from
Rootstock
Publishing,
Amazon,
Barnes
and
Noble,
and
independent
bookstores.
ISBN-10‏:
‎
1578691818;
ISBN-13‏:
‎
978-1578691814.
For
more
information,
call
+1
216.285.0741
or
write
to
rsg@ronaldstephanegilbert.com.

Advance
Praise
for
Conversations
With
My
Mother

“This
fictionalized
account
of
the
relationship
between
mother
and
son
as
the
parent
slowly
succumbs
to
dementia
is
a
deeply
insightful,
…
touching,
and
entirely
authentic.
A
truly
unique
novel
from
the
first
page
to
the
last.”
-May
2023,
BookLife
–
Publisher’s
Weekly

“I
recommend
this
touching
novel
to
anyone
who
wants
to
learn
about
the
effect
of
an
elder’s
cognitive
deterioration
on
a
family
and
its
caregivers.”
-Sandeep
Jauhar,
MD,
New
York
Times
bestselling
author
of
My
Father’s
Brain:
Life
in
the
Shadow
of
Alzheimer’s

“For
all
of
us
who
have
been
touched
by
dementia,
this
story,
so
well
told
in
this
book,
will
feel
achingly
familiar.
But
for
those
who
haven’t,
Conversations
With
My
Mother
provides
a
powerful
window
into
the
lives
of
people
living
with
dementia
as
well
as
the
loved
ones
who
care
for
them.
.
.
.
I
hope
it
will
help
spark
a
national
conversation
about
dementia
that
will
bring
it
out
of
the
shadows
and
eliminate
the
stigma
that
too
often
impedes
progress.”
—George
Vradenburg,
cofounder
of
UsAgainstAlzheimer’s
and
founding
chair
of
the
Davos
Alzheimer’s
Collaborative