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    The Wide Circumference of Love
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    The Wide Circumference of Love
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    The Wide Circumference of Love

    Written by Marita Golden

    Narrated by Patricia R. Floyd

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    About this audiobook

    From acclaimed author Marita Golden comes a moving African-American family drama of love and devotion in the face of Alzheimer's disease.

    You just can't plan for this kind of thing.

    Diane Tate certainly hasn't. She never expected to slowly lose her talented husband to the debilitating effects of early-onset Alzheimer's disease. As a respected family court judge, she's spent her life making tough calls, but when her 68-year-old husband's health worsens and Diane is forced to move him into an assisted living facility, it seems her world is spinning out of control.

    As Gregory's memory wavers and fades, Diane and her children must reexamine their connection to the man he once was - and learn to love the man he has become. For Diane' daughter Lauren, it means honoring her father by following in his footsteps as a successful architect. For her son Sean, it means finding a way to repair the strained relationship with his father before it's too late.

    Supporting her children in a changing landscape, Diane remains resolute in her goal to keep her family together - until her husband finds love with another resident of the facility. Suddenly faced with an uncertain future, Diane must choose a new path - and discover her own capacity for love.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRecorded Books Audio
    Release dateJan 5, 2018
    ISBN9781501989834
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    The Wide Circumference of Love
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    Marita Golden

    Marita Golden, cofounder and president emeritus of the Hurston/Wright Foundation, is a veteran teacher of writing and an acclaimed award-winning author of more than a dozen works of fiction and nonfiction. She has served as a member of the faculties of the MFA graduate creative writing programs at George Mason University and Virginia Commonwealth University and in the MA creative writing program at John Hopkins University, and has taught writing internationally to a variety of constituencies. She currently lives in Maryland.

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    • 4/5
      Important but tough read if you have a loved one battling Alzheimer's or any form of dementia. It's (sadly) comforting to see how others cope.
    • 5/5
      My mother had dementia and this book evoked both sad and happy memories. The author aptly describes the rollercoaster of emotions of seeing a loved one suffer from this cruel disease and even tries to narrate what it must be like to be the sufferer. I actually listened to this book because of the narrator Patricia R. Floyd! Her beautiful voice and artful narration captured me after reading “God still don’t like ugly”. I listen to audiobooks during my daily walks and listening to Patricia is like taking a walk with a friend who’s telling me her stories.
    • 5/5
      In this novel Marita Golden brings so many issues to the forefront of her story--Alzheimer's Disease, racism, family, loyalty, and some history of Washington D.C., and does so in a wonderful way. Gregory Tate, who helped establish the first major black architectural firm in Washington D.C., is an active, dynamic man in his 60's, still with a very active career, when he begins to have concerns about his memory and mental confusion. His wife Diane is a family court judge, and they have a vibrant marriage, with two adult children. As Diane becomes increasingly concerned about her husband, she reflects back on the early years of their courtship and marriage. As the family comes together to help Gregory in every way they can, they also struggle with their own pain and conflicts. This is an excellent read, on many different levels.
    • 5/5
      To me, this book could not be any better. Marita Golden's The Wide Circumference of Love gives us a realistic story of a African-American family experiencing Alzheimer's. Alzheimer's is a major storm to the stability and love of a family. Instead of being mainly about Gregory who has Alzheimer's it more about the tremendous effect on his wife, Diane, his daughter, Lauren and his son, Sean. For each of them there is a before and after. What was their relationship to him before he started having symptoms. What was his life like at work before? What about Diane who totally missed out on having a comfortable childhood? Racial issues were there but they were not the main focus. I am very impressed with Diane who goes from a child more in hiding from a terrible crime that tore her family apart to a woman who could come to terms with her anger and learn forgiveness and express her understanding. It Diane, Lauren and Sean were real people I would love to have them in my life. The author's writing is very straightforward and intelligent. I would be very happy to read any of her future books. As a person with family member who had dementia and Alzheimer's she totally portrayed it truthfully and understood the violent pain it causes on spouses and the children of the person having it.I received this Advanced Reading Copy by making a selection from Amazon Vine books but that in no way influenced my thoughts or feelings in this review. I also posted this review only on sites meant for reading not for selling.