"One of the best Alzheimer's Books of All Time" - Book Authority
Available in paperback, e-Book and audiobook!
Available in paperback, e-Book and audiobook!
Motherhood: Lost and Found
by Ann Campanella
#1 Bestseller on Amazon - Eldercare
Bronze Medalist, Readers' Favorite
Finalist, Next Generation Book Awards
Italian Equestrian Book Award, "Voices for Horses"
Motherhood: Lost and Found is a memoir by the poet Ann Campanella. She tells the emotional story of losing her mother to Alzheimer's at the same time she is trying to become a mother.
Freelance writer and horsewoman Ann Campanella returns to North Carolina after being away from her family for several years. She teaches horseback riding to a group of young girls who remind her of herself at that age – warm, fun loving, exuberant, fragile. She and her husband are ready to start a family. In her mid thirties, Ann is used to setting goals and accomplishing them. Weakness is foreign to her. But when her mother shows signs of illness and her mind begins to fail at the same time Ann experiences a series of miscarriages, the author senses her world is about to change in ways she can only imagine.
Reviews:
"...some of the most truly lyrical writing you’ll ever encounter. She writes of grief and loss with heart wrenching honesty but without sentimentality then adds humor in such unexpected places I found myself laughing and crying all on the same page."
- Judith Minthorn Stacy, author of Maggie Sweet, winner of the Carolina Novel Award
"A sensitive, in-depth study of one woman’s slow descent into Alzheimer’s as detailed by her daughter, Motherhood: Lost and Found involves us in the dynamic of a multi-generational family as well as the author’s own story: horses, poetry, three terrible miscarriages, and in her 41st year, a final miracle."
- Maxine Kumin, Pulitzer Prize winning poet, author of numerous books
When I finished Ann Campanella’s remarkable memoir, Motherhood: Lost and Found, I tried to put my finger on what it was that had gripped me so in the reading of it. Was it the extraordinary dignity that she gave to her mother and father (whose age I am approaching) in the telling of the story? Yes, it was that, but it was something more -- what I would like to call the author’s ability to tell the story without getting in the way of it, without putting herself as character in an obtrusive position. What the book is finally about is not Ann and her mother, but family -- the love of a family -- Rose, Will, Nate and Ann and their parents, and how that love sustained them during a long and painful crisis, and how Ann’s relationship with her husband Joel was deepened and enriched by that crisis, and how three generations are better than two. It is a ruthlessly honest book about pain and suffering, but ultimately it is a redemptive book in which we are left with a final image of symbiotic love. Motherhood: Lost and Found has much to teach us all as human beings.
- Anthony (Tony) Abbott, Professor Emeritus at Davidson College, Winner of the Novello Festival Press Book Award for his novel, Leaving Maggie Hope.
To order books or find out more about this memoir, visit Ann's website or email her.
by Ann Campanella
#1 Bestseller on Amazon - Eldercare
Bronze Medalist, Readers' Favorite
Finalist, Next Generation Book Awards
Italian Equestrian Book Award, "Voices for Horses"
Motherhood: Lost and Found is a memoir by the poet Ann Campanella. She tells the emotional story of losing her mother to Alzheimer's at the same time she is trying to become a mother.
Freelance writer and horsewoman Ann Campanella returns to North Carolina after being away from her family for several years. She teaches horseback riding to a group of young girls who remind her of herself at that age – warm, fun loving, exuberant, fragile. She and her husband are ready to start a family. In her mid thirties, Ann is used to setting goals and accomplishing them. Weakness is foreign to her. But when her mother shows signs of illness and her mind begins to fail at the same time Ann experiences a series of miscarriages, the author senses her world is about to change in ways she can only imagine.
Reviews:
"...some of the most truly lyrical writing you’ll ever encounter. She writes of grief and loss with heart wrenching honesty but without sentimentality then adds humor in such unexpected places I found myself laughing and crying all on the same page."
- Judith Minthorn Stacy, author of Maggie Sweet, winner of the Carolina Novel Award
"A sensitive, in-depth study of one woman’s slow descent into Alzheimer’s as detailed by her daughter, Motherhood: Lost and Found involves us in the dynamic of a multi-generational family as well as the author’s own story: horses, poetry, three terrible miscarriages, and in her 41st year, a final miracle."
- Maxine Kumin, Pulitzer Prize winning poet, author of numerous books
When I finished Ann Campanella’s remarkable memoir, Motherhood: Lost and Found, I tried to put my finger on what it was that had gripped me so in the reading of it. Was it the extraordinary dignity that she gave to her mother and father (whose age I am approaching) in the telling of the story? Yes, it was that, but it was something more -- what I would like to call the author’s ability to tell the story without getting in the way of it, without putting herself as character in an obtrusive position. What the book is finally about is not Ann and her mother, but family -- the love of a family -- Rose, Will, Nate and Ann and their parents, and how that love sustained them during a long and painful crisis, and how Ann’s relationship with her husband Joel was deepened and enriched by that crisis, and how three generations are better than two. It is a ruthlessly honest book about pain and suffering, but ultimately it is a redemptive book in which we are left with a final image of symbiotic love. Motherhood: Lost and Found has much to teach us all as human beings.
- Anthony (Tony) Abbott, Professor Emeritus at Davidson College, Winner of the Novello Festival Press Book Award for his novel, Leaving Maggie Hope.
To order books or find out more about this memoir, visit Ann's website or email her.
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Celiac Mom
by Ann Campanella 2020 Indies Today Award Finalist Recommended Read, Indies Today 2020 Wishing Shelf Book Award Finalist Celiac Mom charts the course of a noncook determined to keep her young daughter safe from gluten, a substance that is literally poisoning her. The author reveals the challenges of upending a wheat-filled life in order to embrace a healthy future for her family. Order book here. |
Praise for Celiac Mom
A motivating story that should be read by everyone that needs to avoid gluten.
-Jordan Ehmann, Indies Today
This should be the book of choice given to any parent holding a new diagnosis of a child's celiac condition and wondering what to do next.
-D. Donovan, Senior Reviewer, Midwest Book Review
A fascinating insight into a mother's attempts to keep her daughter safe from gluten. A finalist and highly recommended!
-The Wishing Shelf Book Awards
Beautifully captures not only the intricacies of celiac disease and the gluten free diet, but also the complex emotional component experienced by patients, families and friends who are all ultimately affected.
-Margaret Weiss, Registered Dietitian, Author of Eat Your Rice Cakes
The only way to counteract celiac disease is to eliminate gluten from the diet totally, all day, every day, most likely forever. With meticulous detail and heartfelt emotion, Ann explains how this is achieved, describing pitfalls that have severe consequences and her inadequacies at certain undertakings. Ann's book advances the understanding of celiac disease as well as demonstrates the blessing of having a dedicated caregiver in this monumental task of eliminating gluten from the American diet.
-Deb Waldron, Registered Dietitian, Co-author of Health & High Performance
In Celiac Mom, we see Ann's loving, nurturing . . . concern with guarding her daughter from the gluten society we live in. Not only does our author perfect the role of protector and nurturer, but as Sydney grows older, we see Ann's way of life and food prep as a great model for her daughter and anyone needing to follow a celiac diet.
-Gilda Morina Syverson, Memoir Instructor, Award-winning author of My Father's Daughter, From Rome to Sicily
The thing I liked best about this fascinating and timely book is how valuable it is for those of us who do not have celiac and who need, very badly, to understand it if we are to help those--often members of our own family--who do have gluten allergies . . . . A moving story and a useful guide.
-Anthony S. Abbott, Member of the North Carolina Literary Hall of Fame, Award-winning author of Leaving Maggie Hope
A motivating story that should be read by everyone that needs to avoid gluten.
-Jordan Ehmann, Indies Today
This should be the book of choice given to any parent holding a new diagnosis of a child's celiac condition and wondering what to do next.
-D. Donovan, Senior Reviewer, Midwest Book Review
A fascinating insight into a mother's attempts to keep her daughter safe from gluten. A finalist and highly recommended!
-The Wishing Shelf Book Awards
Beautifully captures not only the intricacies of celiac disease and the gluten free diet, but also the complex emotional component experienced by patients, families and friends who are all ultimately affected.
-Margaret Weiss, Registered Dietitian, Author of Eat Your Rice Cakes
The only way to counteract celiac disease is to eliminate gluten from the diet totally, all day, every day, most likely forever. With meticulous detail and heartfelt emotion, Ann explains how this is achieved, describing pitfalls that have severe consequences and her inadequacies at certain undertakings. Ann's book advances the understanding of celiac disease as well as demonstrates the blessing of having a dedicated caregiver in this monumental task of eliminating gluten from the American diet.
-Deb Waldron, Registered Dietitian, Co-author of Health & High Performance
In Celiac Mom, we see Ann's loving, nurturing . . . concern with guarding her daughter from the gluten society we live in. Not only does our author perfect the role of protector and nurturer, but as Sydney grows older, we see Ann's way of life and food prep as a great model for her daughter and anyone needing to follow a celiac diet.
-Gilda Morina Syverson, Memoir Instructor, Award-winning author of My Father's Daughter, From Rome to Sicily
The thing I liked best about this fascinating and timely book is how valuable it is for those of us who do not have celiac and who need, very badly, to understand it if we are to help those--often members of our own family--who do have gluten allergies . . . . A moving story and a useful guide.
-Anthony S. Abbott, Member of the North Carolina Literary Hall of Fame, Award-winning author of Leaving Maggie Hope
More Books by Ann Campanella
What Flies Away tells the story in poetry of the author’s mother’s descent into Alzheimer’s, her father’s sudden death and the miracle of her daughter’s birth. Campanella received the Poet Laureate Award twice for two poems "The Chase" and "How to Grieve," both of which are included in the collection.
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The Beach Poems is a collection of poetry inspired by Anne Morrow Lindbergh's Gift from the Sea. After caring for a loved one who had Alzheimer's for 14 years, Ann Campanella went on a series of retreats at the beach. These retreats inspired memories and nourished her soul, ultimately carrying the author through grief to a place of joy.
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