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Dementia

Name: Dementia
Brand: Simon Robinson
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The Way In. The Way Out.

By: Simon Robinson

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Paperback | 21 January 2026

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372 Pages

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22.86 x 15.24 x 2.57

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Dementia: The Way In. The Way Out. is a quiet, first-person reflection on memory, disorientation, and the gradual erosion of continuity, written with restraint and care.

Rather than explaining dementia or offering guidance, the book stays close to lived experience, observing how attention, language, and familiarity begin to loosen over time. The reflections trace moments of confusion, absence, repetition, and thinning presence, without attempting to correct, interpret, or resolve them.

The narrative does not promise clarity or recovery, and it does not seek to transform loss into insight. Instead, it examines how dignity, personhood, and meaning persist even as certainty fades, and how identity can remain present without coherence or control.

This revised edition arranges the work as a continuous, gentle arc, accompanied by minimal symbolic imagery. The emphasis is on witnessing rather than understanding, allowing space for ambiguity, slowness, and quiet recognition.

This book is not a medical guide and does not replace professional care. It is written for readers seeking careful, humane language for what dementia can feel like from the inside, and for those who value presence, ethical restraint, and honesty over instruction or reassurance.

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