Midwest Book Review Recommends ‘Conversations with My Mother’
Midwest Book Review recommends Ronald-Stéphane Gilbert’s Conversations with My Mother: A Novel of Dementia on the Maine Coast, calling it “an inherently fascinating and emotionally engaging read.”
“Although an eloquently crafted work of fiction (all the more impressive when considering that it is author Ronald-Stephane Gilbert's debut as a novelist), Conversations with My Mother: A Novel of Dementia on the Maine Coast competently relates a 'real world' that is experienced by families with a beloved parent is struggling with dementia — as are their adult children. An inherently fascinating and emotionally engaging read from start to finish, Conversations with My Mother: A Novel of Dementia on the Maine Coast is an especially and unreservedly recommended pick for community library Contemporary Family Life Fiction collections.”