Awakenings in Real Life: My Dad's Awakening From Dementia Woke Me Up Too - Couverture souple

Cohen, Dan

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1957224991 ISBN 13 : 9781957224992

Editeur : Current Words Publishing, 2026

Synopsis

Gold Winner in the 2026 Manhattan Book Awards!

Best Memoir Nominee: 2026 Astra Book Awards

"AWAKENINGS IN REAL LIFE offers a heartwarming collection of memories, insights, and personal reckonings as the author reflects on his father, his family, and his father’s dementia journey... It’s a book that doesn’t just share a journey—it invites you to walk alongside it."
TEEPA SNOW
Author of "Understanding the Changing Brain: A Positive Approach to Dementia Care"

"A poignant farewell from a son to his father."
KIRKUS REVIEWS

“Cohen’s journey embraces a heartfelt emotional experience that frames ‘awakening’ in a new manner. This will prove surprisingly uplifting and positive in a manner that adds extra dimensions of possibility and understanding to the dementia experience. [A] warm-hearted story of a father and son’s lifelong shared connections.”
MIDWEST BOOK REVIEW

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When, from deep in the grip of dementia, my dad suddenly “awakened” for two days in the summer of 2015, he sent a simple but powerful message to his family: he wanted to live. That moment changed everything.

After our family's experience with my dad's awakening, I felt that I had to share this miraculous experience with the world. I quickly posted an article on the website Medium, and the article was read hundreds of thousands of times by families and caregivers searching for hope. My father passed away in 2016, but his awakening stayed with me, and it became the spark that ignited my own.

This book is about those awakenings: his, mine, and maybe even yours. Through personal stories, family memories, and lesson learned, I explore how moments of clarity, big or small, can open our eyes to meaning, love, and gratitude. What began as a story of one man’s miraculous return from the fog of dementia became my own journey of reflection and discovery, and it made me want to reach out to you, to remind us that life continues to offer gifts if we’re awake enough to see them.

Awakenings in Real Life is both a heartfelt memoir and an invitation: to notice your own awakenings, to share your stories, and to celebrate the transformations that bring purpose and hope into our lives.

Join me in this book, and on my podcast, as we uncover other people’s real stories of awakening, meaning, and the blessings that life brings when we finally open our eyes.

And please share your stories with me too. https://www.awakeningsinreallife.com

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Current Words Publishing
• Date d'édition: 2026
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1957224991
• ISBN 13: 9781957224992
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 172
• Éditeur: Pearce Dianne
• Coordonnées du fabricant: Manufactured by Amazon on behalf of the author; https://www.amazon.fr/hz/contact-us; ; c/o Amazon Media EU S.à.r.l., 38 Avenue John F. Kennedy; Luxembourg; L-1855; Luxembourg