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SUMMARY:Author Joy Pott\, Fitting the Pieces Together
DESCRIPTION:Joy Pott will read from her memoir Fitting the Pieces Together
 .\nJoy is an educator\, and writer\, and was a longtime caregiver for her 
 husband\, Ron\, as he battled Alzheimer’s disease. A native of Scotland\
 , she came to the United States at 17. She lives outside Philadelphia and 
 has summered in Castine for decades.\n\nIn Fitting the Pieces Together\, 
 Joy details the life she and Ron lived in "Alzheimer’s World.’’ It i
 s a "love story\, a mystery\, an adventure –" a memoir filled with the s
 nippets of joy\, anxiety\, fear\, faith\, hope\, sadness\, love and more t
 hat are all a part of living in and through that world.  This is not a "h
 ow-to’’ book\, although it offers sometimes profound insights and\, pe
 rhaps\, guideposts\, as Joy sorts her way through\, from the initial diagn
 osis\, to the inevitable\, painfilled acknowledgement of mental and physic
 al decline\, and Ron’s eventual passing. She introduces the reader to th
 e many people\, groups and agencies she encountered along the way as well 
 as the details\, some small\, other momentous\, that define being a caregi
 ver.\n\nAlthough she claims not to be a `"real writer\,’’ her story is
  powerful in its simple recounting of the experiences she and Ron shared t
 ogether before and during his illness\, and her efforts to continue to liv
 e a full life after his death.\n\nFitting the Pieces Together is a limite
 d-edition publication (October 2023) and not available for sale. A copy is
  available for loan at the library.\n\nLibrary Reading Room\nRefreshments 
 will be served.\n\nSuggested Reading\n\nContented Dementia by Oliver James
 \n\nOn Pluto: Inside the Mind of Alzheimer’s by Greg O’Brien\nPhiladel
 phia Inquirer\nAlzheimer's Care: Mind Games\, A wife uses sports-watching 
 as therapy for er ailing spouse (Joy and Ron Pott)\nPhiladelphia Inquirer 
 Mind Games March 18\, 2018\n&nbsp\;
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