Broken Circuits

Broken Circuits Tells Theheart-Warming Story Of Four Adult Children Who Have Lost Their Connections Notonly To Each Other But To A Once-Powerful Father Who Is Now Losing His Battlewith Alzheimer'S Disease. While Many Books Have Beenwritten About Alzheimer'S Disease And Dementia Few Have Attempted To Showindividual Differences In Family Members Who Cope With Its Eventualdevastation. The Oldest Child Marilyn A Psychologist And Professor Is Theprimary Narrator Who Attempts To Draw Her Brother And Two Sisters Back To Thefamily Home; Nancy Her Sister Is Autah Mother Of Seven Who Must Overcome Her Anger At Her Father'S Ridicule Andrejection In Order To Care For Him; Judy Her Second Sister Is A Texas Mother Of Four Who Avoids Herparents' Demands And Covers Her Guilt With Work And Food; Her Brother Dennis The Father Of Two Disappears Into Alcohol And Regret Over His Years Ofsacrifice To His Father'S Business; And Finally There Is Vivian. The Mormonmother Who Denies The Catastrophe Of Her Husband'S Illness And Rejects Herchildren'S Offers Of Assistance; Finally Each Of The Family Members Finds Away To Confront The Past And Move Forward To Become A Stronger And More Lovingfamily. Through Reading Their Experiences The Reader Will Gain Newperspectives On The Power Of Family Bonds And Loyalty.