The Book
WONDERS IN DEMENTIALAND is a fictional memoir about a quirky daughter with a creative imagination who is suddenly drafted to be the unqualified caregiver for her mother. Violet is a church-going, game show aficionado with dementia. Issues and resentments they’ve been harboring for years come to the surface. What they do have in common is the fear of disappearing, loosing their identity. Their story is poignant and fascinating in its portrayal of a mother and daughter growing out of their ‘selves’. Seeing each other under the surface of their identities might be the gift they can give each other and to themselves. Dementialand offers a delightful glimpse into one life inside dementia through the unexpected lens of an artist.
WONDERS IN DEMENTIALAND was presented to the Book-To-Movie forum at the AFM.
“Once in awhile, you get to read a story that takes a topic that is very important and very universal, that everyone can relate to and looks at it from a completely different angle and that is what the author did in Wonders In Dementialand. Suzka has such an original view on things, that is completely unique. There is not one page in this book that I thought I had read somewhere in a similar way... zip, nada never happened. ”
There is an unpopular place called Dementialand; a town where all baggage is prohibited and following the rules is frowned upon. It is a lovely place where the past lives in the present and the present has lost its time.
My name is Suzka. I am an artist, a painter and a temporary resident of Dementialand caring for my mother. That is where I met the sundowning gypsies, the ballooned airheads and some very well known creatives in history who often popped-in unannounced. I brought in the creatives, but the others were all my mother’s doings. This Dementialand Podcast is my account on the amazing sightings and experiences I had while living in Dementialand. Not sure but losing your memory might be as close to enlightenment as one can get, providing you follow the rules.
