Maggie Harryman

I received a free copy of this novel for my honest review. Alzheimer’s is a pretty tragic disease, and Here Among Us does an excellent job describing how a family deals with the issues that come up and figuring out what’s fact and what’s fiction. This was a great book, and you could feel for each character. I think out of all of them, I related to Flynn the most. Returning home for Thanksgiving, she felt like an outsider getting glimpses of her siblings’ lives. The close unit they once had been was no longer there. She’d grown up and had her own life 3000 miles away while everyone else stayed behind. It also broke my heart that none of the three kids had ever gotten over their dad’s death, which had occurred when they were little kids. Now as adults, seeing their mom losing her faculties was more than they could bear. This is a fantastic book about acceptance, family, love, letting go and moving on.… (más)