My husband is stricken with dementia, and it's a trick of his condition that events and people from his past are more… — Laurie Graham Copy Share Image
With Alzheimer's, recent memory is affected first. At the start, you count the memory loss in days, then hours - then in… — Laurie Graham Copy Share Image
My early novels were very understated and English. Fourteen years ago, I met and married my American husband, and as I learned… — Laurie Graham Copy Share Image
I have an idea for a story, and if the idea is going to work, then one of the characters steps forward,… — Laurie Graham Books Copy Share Image
Being eye candy always was a short-term career, and here's the reason. The world finds young women more attractive than old women… — Laurie Graham Copy Share Image
Characters develop as the book progresses, but any that start to bore me end up in the wastepaper basket. In real life,… — Laurie Graham Copy Share Image
My husband is leaving me. No dramas, no slammed doors - well, OK, a few slammed doors - and no suitcase in… — Laurie Graham Copy Share Image
My mother was a fastidious and orderly homemaker. I was the messy but creative type. I picture her following behind me through… — Laurie Graham Copy Share Image
The word 'carer' makes me think of someone with a nylon overall and a long list of 'clients' to wash before she… — Laurie Graham Copy Share Image
As well as writing novels and doing short-order journalism, I am also the full-time carer of my husband, who has Alzheimer's. Each… — Laurie Graham Copy Share Image
As one ages, eventually, no matter what regime you've followed, no matter how fiercely you've fought the fight, good health becomes harder… — Laurie Graham Copy Share Image
I think my mother was baffled by me. We were polar opposites. She was shy and retiring. I was over-fond of the… — Laurie Graham Copy Share Image