Mercy Come Morning

Mercy Come Morning by Lisa Tawn Bergren

Mercy Come Morning by Lisa Tawn Bergren is an excellent story about a daughter (Krista) who holds so many memories of her childhood, with most of them being of her mother's struggles with the Alzheimer's disease.  Krista grew up not knowing her dad, and having to be the "adult" at a young age when her mother was incapable of this role.  Krista has a great job, has her mother in a "first class nursing home", and feels like her life is going good.  Then she gets a call from Dane, an old friend and manager of the nursing home that her mother isn't well.  Krista comes back home and is forced to deal with some feelings and emotions that have been stored away for a long time.  While facing the fact that her mother only has a short time to live, she begins to better understand through a journal from her mother, just how much different things were when seeing them through her mom's perspective.  I love how this book talks about issues of Alzheimers from a daughters view and about the trials she faced growing up with an ill mother.  As a nurse, I also enjoyed the glimpse into the "first class nursing home" that seemed to give excellent care for Alzeimher's patients and the part of the book that talked about the special Christmas room.   

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