‘Conversations with My Mother’ honored by Independent Press

We are pleased to share that Conversations with My Mother: A Novel of Dementia on the Maine Coast by Ronald-Stéphane Gilbert is a 2025 Independent Press Award Distinguished Favorite, in the category of new fiction. Congratulations!

The novel focuses on a good-hearted Francophone with dementia and her relationship with her two children, as they attempt to cope with their mother’s deepening decline and the impending sale of the family property.

According to the Independent Press, books honored as Distinguished Favorites were competitive with the winner, and the judging committee recognize their merit.