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Regarded as one of the finest journalists of her generation, Mamie Baird Magnusson's whole life was a celebration of words - words that she fought to retain in the grip of a disease which is fast becoming the scourge of the 21st century. Married to writer and broadcaster Magnus Magnusson, they had five children. As well as chronicling the anguish, the frustrations and the unexpected laughs and joys that she and her sisters experienced during their mother’s eight year struggle with dementia, Sally Magnusson seeks understanding from experts and asks penetrating questions about how we treat older people, and the moral challenges of our times.