By Eunice L. Sykes in collaboration with Barbara J. Wood
ISBN: 978-1-4990-6169-7
Mashed Potatoes in My Salad: An Alzheimer’s Caregiver Memoir is foremost a love story based on another woman’s life and told from her perspective. It is a poignant tale of ambition and endurance. The protagonist, Remi, is a coming-of-age woman, who, after several unsuccessful, toxic and abusive relationships, finally finds the man of her dreams under unlikely, risky and daring circumstances. What she had not anticipated, though, was becoming a caregiver to him while he endures serious illnesses—including a devastating Alzheimer’s diagnosis. The complex, multi-layered story is filled with romance, resilience, loyalty, survival, love, and joy. It begins and ends with a golf tale.
Chapters include:
Chapter 1: Detroit
Chapter 2: Executive Director, Bi-Council of Interns and Residents
Chapter 3: Wife Number Five
Chapter 4: The Kindest Man I Know
Chapter 5: Divorce Number Two
Chapter 6: In Sickness and in Health
Chapter 7: Alzheimer’s
Chapter 8: Until Death Do Us Part
Chapter 9: Grieving
Chapter 10: Love in My Winter Season
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
With a professional writing and editing career that spans 35 years, Eunice L. Sykes is a multi-published author and poet. A native of West Virginia and currently living in the Atlanta, Georgia metropolitan area, she and her husband Don are happily retired and spend leisure time on the golf course, chasing that elusive white ball. She has three children and three grandchildren and she writes full-time.
www.eunicelsykes.com
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ABOUT THE COLLABORATOR
Barbara J. Wood has been in the mediation and arbitration business in the government and private and public sectors for more than forty years. Born in Detroit, she spent most of her career in California. Retired, she currently works as an independent neutral labor arbitrator. She lives in the Atlanta, Georgia metropolitan area near her family with her dog, Kizzy Girl. Her hobbies include golf and travel, especially international travel.
