{"product_id":"the-man-he-used-to-be-dementia-and-my-mad-dad","title":"The Man He Used To Be: Dementia and My Mad Dad","description":"\u003cp\u003e'This is a wonderful, rather special book: funny, warm and loving but   also thought-provoking and deeply moving. Absolutely unforgettable -   ironically.'\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eADAM KAY, \u003ci\u003eSunday\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eTimes\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThis Is Going To Hurt\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eInadvertent cross-dressing. Attempted murder. Jail break. A waltz at a funeral. A hernia the size of Guernsey.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHeartbreaking  and darkly comic, these are the moments that litter the messy road from  cared-for to carer, a journey that Robyn Hollingworth finds herself on  when she's only twenty-five years old.       \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e                     Leaving London to return home to rural South Wales,  Robyn finds that it's     her old life  - same teddy bears resting on  her pillow, their bodies tucked under the duvet; same view of the  garages behind which she'd had her first cigarette and first kiss - but  so much has changed. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHer dad, the proud, charmingly intelligent,  self-made man who made people laugh, is in the grip of early onset  Alzheimer's. His brilliant mind, which saw him building power stations  and literally bringing light into the lives of others, has succumbed to  darkness. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs Robyn settles back in the rhythms of life in the  rain-soaked vast Welsh valleys, she keeps a diary charting her journey  as the dad she knew disappears before her eyes. Lyrical, poignant and  with flashes of brilliant humour, \u003ci\u003eThe Man He Used To Be \u003c\/i\u003eexplores how in helping others we can heal ourselves. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePreviously published in hardback as \u003ci\u003eMy Mad Dad\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePaperback \/ softback | 240 pages | Published June 2019\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Trapeze","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":63833445859677,"sku":"9781409180029","price":11.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0978\/3459\/8749\/files\/9781409180029.jpg?v=1773406482","url":"https:\/\/www.thebookmark.ie\/products\/the-man-he-used-to-be-dementia-and-my-mad-dad","provider":"The Bookmark ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}