cover image The Worst Day of My Life So Far: My Mother, Alzheimer's and Me; A Novel

The Worst Day of My Life So Far: My Mother, Alzheimer's and Me; A Novel

M. A. Harper. Hill Street Press, $22.95 (256pp) ISBN 978-1-892514-97-4

M.A. Harper's spirited novel, The Worst Day of My Life, So Far tackles a difficult subject with wit and candor. Stuck in small-town Auletta, La., Jeanne Roth is run ragged caring for her Alzheimer's-afflicted mother. But it is her realization that her whole life has been lived in the shadow of her parents' perfect marriage that truly exhausts her, making her reevaluate her relationship with her ex-husband and college-age son. Funny, sharp and tough-minded, this will appeal especially to relatives of Alzheimer's sufferers, but deserves to be noticed by general readers as well. ( Apr. 30)