Keeper: Living with Nancy

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| author = Andrea Gillies

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| country = United Kingdom

| language = English

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| genre = Memoir / Health

| publisher = Short Books

| pub_date = May 7, 2009

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| pages = 256

| isbn = 1-906021-65-1

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Keeper: Living with Nancy is a 2009{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Y30CPQAACAAJ|title=Keeper - Google Books|isbn=9781906021658 |last1=Gillies |first1=Andrea |date=23 August 2023 |publisher=Short }} biographical book written by Andrea Gillies which centers around Alzheimer's disease. It won the Wellcome Book Prize and Orwell Prize.

Plot

The book is the account of Andrea Gillies' mother-in-law, Nancy, who had been diagnosed with Alzheimer's. It follows how Gillies and her family care for her during her illness while also managing their house, a 22-room B&B. It also describes how Nancy changes and how it affects the family.{{cite web|last1=Grice|first1=Elizabeth|title='We felt that the valley of the shadow of death was upon us'|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/health/elder/7837987/We-felt-that-the-valley-of-the-shadow-of-death-was-upon-us.html|website=The Telegraph|accessdate=1 October 2017|date=21 June 2010}}

Awards

2009 Wellcome Book Prize{{cite web| title=Andrea Gillies|url=https://www.theguardian.com/profile/andrea-gillies|website=The Guardian|accessdate=1 October 2017}}
2010 Orwell Prize{{cite web|last1=Robinson|first1=James|title=Orwell Prize goes to blogger who writes about 'working with the underclass'|url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2010/may/19/winston-smith-blog-wins-orwell-prize|website=The Guardian|accessdate=1 October 2017|date=19 May 2010}}

References

Category:2009 non-fiction books

Category:British biographies

Category:Books about Alzheimer's disease