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  • Stories of My Dad as He Lay Dying: A Memoir About Finding Humor in Difficult Times and Family Love by Angela Arias book cover
  • Stories of My Dad as He Lay Dying: A Memoir About Finding Humor in Difficult Times and Family Love by Angela Arias book cover
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Stories of My Dad as He Lay Dying: A Memoir About Finding Humor in Difficult Times and Family Love

by Angela Arias

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Family memories in the face of illness

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Family memories in the face of illness

Angela Arias gathers memories from the final months of her father’s life, when he was living with multiple myeloma and Alzheimer’s. The collection considers how illness affects both a person and the family caring for him, while attending to what can persist as memory changes: humor, values, devotion, and love. Its focus on family experiences gives the memoir a personal frame for difficult subjects, including sacrifice and resilience. The book presents these events through a daughter’s recollections, linking the challenges of her father’s illnesses with the bonds that shape their family life.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Readers interested in memoirs about family caregiving and serious illness.
  • Readers seeking personal accounts of Alzheimer’s and multiple myeloma.
  • Readers drawn to family stories that include humor alongside difficult experiences.

Themes

Family love and devotionAlzheimer’s and memoryMultiple myelomaHumor amid hardshipCaregiving and sacrifice

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Book overview

From the multi-award-winning author, Dr. Angela Arias, comes the perfect follow up to her coming-of-age memoir about her life in Bronx, New York, as a young Latina immigrant, Half a Century Ago.

 

In story after story in this brilliant collection of memories, Stories of My Dad as He Lay Dying, the author brings to life the last months of her father's existence as he struggled with two devastating illnesses. Both Multiple Myeloma and Alzheimer's created a cocktail of ailments that tested both strength of character and resilience for a loving family.

 

These stories narrate his last memories and show how the mind, as it fails, can retain some of its most important values. Humor, family love, devotion, and sacrifice are all beautifully portrayed in the stories portrayed in this volume.

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