Tangles: A Story About Alzheimer's, My Mother, and Me

I saved Tangles: A Story About Alzheimer's, My Mother, and Me when it was withdrawn from the library (along with several other books I really didn't need).  Tangles is a graphic novel showing the progress of Sarah Leavitt's mother's Alzheimer's disease.  Leavitt's mother was very young (in her early 50's) when she was diagnosed with the disease.  Leavitt herself wasn't around for the entire disease's progression because she lived across the country (she said it took a full day of flying to go home to visit her parents).  So she was only able to chronicle the times she went home for a visit.

Tangles is a very sad read.  Alzheimer's is, in my opinion, one of the worst diseases because it robs you of your memories (and as Leavitt shows, what makes you "you").  While there are some laughs along the way, Tangles shows the very sad, slow loss of an amazing woman who is gone far sooner than she should have been gone.