About This Novel
"My Mother's Notes" is the private diary of the Japanese writer Yasushi Inoue and the original work of the popular movie "My Mother's Notes". The book records that Inoue Yasu grew up estranged from his parents due to the war. After his father passed away, he and his siblings took over the care of his elderly mother. However, his mother's Alzheimer's disease became increasingly serious and she lost her memory step by step. For ten years, Yasushi Inoue recorded the life of his mother who suffered from Alzheimer's disease from the age of 80 to 90. He observed and narrated calmly and delicately, trying to preserve the gradually blurred memories for his mother. In the step-by-step recording and companionship, he also regained his love for his mother. At the same time, readers can clearly read his interpretation of "living" and his care for life. This book is hailed as the highest masterpiece of "family love". It awakens people's renewed concern for family affection, awakens people's attention to their aging parents and their emotions, and looks at the connection between aging, amnesia, death and family affection with truly in-depth love and rationality. It goes beyond ordinary family records and has universal significance of human love and compassion.
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