Ravenscraig: A Scottish family's struggle with Alzheimer's-and the past

by Alex Marshall

Ravenscraig is a post WWII fictionalized memoir told from the perspective of Alasdair Marshall who is raising his son Ewan, by himself, after his wife's death. When Alasdair's father Alex is struck with Alzheimer's, Jean, Alex's wife admits him to a full-time care facility called Ravenscraig which has a dark history as a lunatic asylum. The hospital becomes an ever present reminder to Alasdair of his father's deterioration. Jean is overwhelmed by...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1460258460
• ISBN13: 9781460258460
• Release Date: November 2015
• Publisher: FriesenPress
• Length: 480 Pages
• Weight: 1.63 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 5.5" x 8.5"