Memoirs, Dementia, Parenting & Relationships, Alzheimer's Disease 

A paean of redemptive beauty, The Long Hello cherishes the bond between mothers and daughters, and creates a startling sea change in society's perception of those journeying through Alzheimer's. It is also a book for those interested in the universal themes of family, loss, divorce, and the power of love to find meaning in suffering . Cathie Borrie is an author, performer and artistic director for concerts based upon text from THE LONG HELLO, which incorporate dance and film. She is accompanied by award winning actor PATTI ALLAN and ARIEL BARNES, principal cellist of The Vancouver Opera and Vancouver Symphony.THE LONG HELLO: A penetrating investigation into the mysteries of the mind and how it recoils and resurrects, revokes and reveals . . . In this shimmering jewel of a memoir, The Long Hello, author Cathie Borrie traverses rich terrain as she unearths the hidden and often painful treasures of a life well lived: the shadows and joys of childhood, the relationships that leave us both illuminated and bereft, the love, longing and loss that surge to the fore when a parent is ailing. Memory, and the losing of it, serves as a powerful guide, and Borrie follows her mother's eccentric and poetic lead into the past, transformed by the unexpected brilliance of the elder woman's shifting dementia mind. - from Amzon