Dancing With Rose – Reviews
“The accounting is riveting, so true. I have visited over 200 nursing homes…you have captured every moment, every nuance, separated important policy issues from sentiment and clearly painted painful emotions alongside underlyi
-Karen Reilly, reader
Profound… Kessler learns that rather than stripping humanity away, dementia lays it bare
-Chicago Tribune
This is the true brilliance of “Dancing With Rose.” It upends our assumptions and forces us to ask: What do I have to hold on to? Who would I be if my memories were stripped away? What is my essence?
-Los Angeles Times
“…turns our assumptions on their heads.”
-Baltimore Sun
“…an excellent book…an emotional and ruminative anchor.”
“She leaves her readers with hope.”
-San Francisco Chronicle
“Revealing…tender…a riveting view into the world of people living with Alzheimer’s.”
-Portland Oregonian
“…a gifted writer. Warm, uplifting, even hopeful…this book [is] a refreshing standout.”
-AARP magazine
“Excellent… a powerful lesson in the humanity of those we often see as tragically bereft of that quality.”
-Publisher’s Weekly