Don't Be a Stranger
About This Novel
The National Book Award winner's work records the deep love between a father and his son who suffers from Alzheimer's disease and is a best-seller that moved the entire United States. Parents may forget themselves, but they will never forget you. Serious illness is a test for us and also our last chance to love our parents. This is a book about fathers, but also a book about psychological healing. Father: A well-known neurologist who was deeply troubled by Alzheimer's disease in his later years. Son: Winner of the National Book Award, he vividly records his father's later years. In this way, the father and son reveal, step by step, a patient's desire for family affection, nostalgia for memories, helplessness against the disease, and struggle for life in the later stages of his life.
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