The Lost Kitchen: Reflections and Recipes from an Alzheimers Caregiver

by Miriam Green

Overview

The Lost Kitchen: Reflections and Recipes from an Alzheimer's Caregiver is an honest and heartfelt look at the hidden gifts of living with a parent with Alzheimer's. Miriam Green weaves poetry, recipes and anecdotes into a nourishing whole as she details her family's struggle to maintain balance--and laughter--in the face of her mother's diagnosis and deterioration. Throughout this most personal of stories, Naomi has been Miriam's greatest teacher. Together, they remind us how to love and laugh in a world that is often confusing and painful.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940161329894
Publisher:	Black Opal Books
Publication date:	05/04/2019
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	316 KB

About the Author

Miriam Green is the author of The Lost Kitchen: Reflections and Recipes from an Alzheimer’s Caregiver which will be published by Black Opal Books in 2019. She writes a weekly blog that is posted on her website, featuring anecdotes about her mother’s Alzheimer’s and related recipes. Her blog also appears on the Alzheimer’s Association website. Her poetry has been published in several journals, including Poet Lore, The Prose Poem Project, Ilanot Review, The Barefoot Review, Red Wolf Press, and Poetica Magazine. Her poem, “Mercy of a Full Womb,” won the 2014 Jewish Literary Journal’s first anniversary competition. Her poem, “Questions My Mother Asked, Answers My Father Gave Her,” won the 2013 Reuben Rose Poetry prize. She holds a BA from Oberlin College and an MA in Creative Writing from Bar Ilan University.

Prior to moving to Israel, Miriam worked at the Federal Reserve Board in Washington, DC, and “cut her teeth” at Moment Magazine.

She is the mother of three sabras and a grandmother of one. A twenty-five-year resident of Beer Sheva, Israel, Miriam lives with her loving husband, Jeff, two cats, and a snake named Popcorn.

When she’s not writing, Miriam works as a counselor for new immigrants to Israel at AACI (Association of Americans and Canadians in Israel), a position she has held for the last fifteen years. She was recently honored by AACI for her dedicated service to the organization.

Miriam is also one of the founders of the current Voices Israel South group of poets.

Editorial Reviews

In page after page of The Lost Kitchen, we learn from Miriam Green's example how to be a loving and responsible daughter. The wisdom of her words and the compassion, understanding and even humor in her responses to her mother's illness teach us what it means to navigate the struggle and remain buoyed up by one's own resources. ~ Linda Stern Zisquit, Ritual Bath

https://www.blackopalbooks.com - Linda Stern Zisquit

This book is wonderful. It has a unique style that I have never met before. And a strange technique where making food and poetry, and the mother's desperation are all in the soup together. So we get the joys of desire and the crying of family love woven together in a happy mix. It comes alive and speaks to you directly. You awake and sing and cry all at once. ~ Bernard Kops, The Hamlet of Stepney Green

https://www.blackopalbooks.com - Bernard Kops

A moving and inspirational story of memories — past and present, lost and found — set in and around the kitchen table. This book is certain to bring comfort to anyone struggling with aging parents or coping with loss, strengthening your courage and reaffirming your faith even during life's most difficult moments. ~ Tamar Genger MA, RD, Kosher Network International

https://www.blackopalbooks.com - Tamar Genger