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Cathie Borrie : The Long Hello (The Other Side of Alzheimer's)
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Author Cathie Borrie's seamless stitching of lush landscape and dance sequences into the tapestry of her gorgeously arresting memoir, The Long Hello, creates a startling and unexpected metaphor for the experience of Alzheimer's caregiving that finds beauty and grace in what is traditionally characterized as a journey of suffering. Having recorded many of their conversations, her mother’s voice weaves through the work with insight, humor and an astonishing poetic sensibility.
Genre: Spoken Word: Audiobook
Release Date: 2010
The Long Hello (The Other Side of Alzheimer's)
Cathie Borrie
Record Label: Cathie Borrie. (Produced by Ian Widgery; read By Melia McClure -
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1. Song, Introductions & Credits 1:48 Album Only
2. Chapter 1 Forty Years After His Death . . . 0:47 Album Only
3. Chapter 2 Every Day I Sit With My Mother And Watch The Sea. 1:26 Album Only
4. Chapter 3 Bird Pecking At The Feeder. 5:26 Album Only
5. Chapter 4 I Feel Guilty If I Don't . . . 2:12 Album Only
6. Chapter 5 Mum Wakes My Brother And Me . . . 2:39 Album Only
7. Chapter 6 A Few Months After We Move In With Our Grandparents . . . 0:58 Album Only
8. Chapter 7 For Lunch I Make . . . 2:42 Album Only
9. Chapter 8 I Tell People . . . 2:12 Album Only
10. Chapter 9 When We Move In With Gran And Grampy . . . 4:17 Album Only
11. Chapter 10 My Mum Works Really Hard . . . 1:16 Album Only
12. Chapter 11 My Mother And I Lay Side By Side . . . 5:23 Album Only
13. Chapter 12 As Soon As I'm Home . . . 2:04 Album Only
14. Chapter 13 In The Summer . . . 2:45 Album Only
15. Chapter 14 The Summer My Mother . . . 1:38 Album Only
16. Chapter 15 When My Mother Can't . . . 4:06 Album Only
17. Chapter 16 Wedged Tightly Between . . . 3:33 Album Only
18. Chapter 17 After Grampy Dies . . . 2:00 Album Only
19. Chapter 18 One Weekend Mum Goes Back To The City . . . 2:21 Album Only
20. Chapter 19 I'm Trying To Get My Mother . . . 1:30 Album Only
21. Chapter 20 June. 3:22 Album Only
22. Chapter 21 I Don't Remember . . . 1:11 Album Only
23. Chapter 22 I Tack Up Bright Orange . . . 5:06 Album Only
24. Chapter 23 I Remember How My Brother Died. 6:49 Album Only
25. Chapter 24 For The Rest Of The Summer . . . 1:17 Album Only
26. Chapter 25 My Parents Spend Their Weekend Honeymoon . . . 2:12 Album Only
27. Chapter 26 After My Mum Remarries . . . 5:02 Album Only
28. Chapter 27 Anxiety . . . 1:05 Album Only
29. Chapter 28 I Sign Up For Ballroom And Latin Dance . . . 2:01 Album Only
30. Chapter 29 I Call My Mother . . . 1:43 Album Only
31. Chapter 30 I'm Sick Of Myself . . . 1:10 Album Only
32. Chapter 31 I Don't Know Where My Will Is. 1:43 Album Only
33. Chapter 32 I See A Family Therapist . . . 1:44 Album Only
34. Chapter 33 At My New Boarding School . . . 5:48 Album Only
35. Chapter 34 Everybody Says My New Father . . . 3:15 Album Only
36. Chapter 35 Every Morning And Evening We Walk . . . 4:22 Album Only
37. Chapter 36 My Father Buys Four Lots . . . 3:57 Album Only
38. Chapter 37 Often It's Just The Three Of Us . . . 5:55 Album Only
39. Chapter 38 Small Talk At The Dance Studio . . . 1:35 Album Only
40. Chapter 39 My Mother Starts To Think . . . 8:45 Album Only
41. Chapter 40 When She's Not Away On A Business Trip . . . 5:49 Album Only
42. Chapter 41 My Father And I . . . 0:55 Album Only
43. Chapter 42 Long After My Brother`S Death . . . 0:37 Album Only
44. Chapter 43 Love? 2:28 Album Only
45. Chapter 44 My Mother Has Started Crying . . . 2:48 Album Only
46. Chapter 45 Cath? 0:57 Album Only
47. Chapter 46 I Want To Keep The Words . . . 3:35 Album Only
48. Chapter 47 I Dream I'm Going To A Party . . . 1:14 Album Only
49. Chapter 48 After High School . . . 5:38 Album Only
50. Chapter 49 My Mother's Confusion . . . 3:35 Album Only
51. Chapter 50 An Old Friend Calls. 1:10 Album Only
52. Chapter 51 High Heels Tap Tap Tapping . . . 2:13 Album Only
53. Chapter 52 Several Times A Week . . . 4:54 Album Only
54. Chapter 53 During Nurses Training . . . 2:42 Album Only
55. Chapter 54 In The Cautious Warmth . . . 2:52 Album Only
56. Chapter 55 I Take My Phone With Me Everywhere I Go . . . 3:39 Album Only
57. Chapter 56 After Graduationg With My Rn . . . 7:46 Album Only
58. Chapter 57 My Brother's Death . . . 0:40 Album Only
59. Chapter 58 I Don't Attend . . . 2:21 Album Only
60. Chapter 59 During One Of My Visits Home . . . 1:58 Album Only
61. Chapter 60 After Three Frozen Winters . . . 2:32 Album Only
62. Chapter 61 My Dance Teacher . . . 2:00 Album Only
63. Chapter 62 My Mother's Face Lights Up . . . 2:31 Album Only
64. Chapter 63 A Pile Of Crossword Puzzles . . . 0:41 Album Only
65. Chapter 64 My Mother Wants To Know . . . 2:15 Album Only
66. Chapter 65 A Scientist Friend And I . . . 5:17 Album Only
67. Chapter 66 Midnight . . . 3:26 Album Only
68. Chapter 67 I Stay In Bed For Long . . . 2:16 Album Only
69. Chapter 68 I Move Back To The Coast . . . 2:25 Album Only
70. Chapter 69 My Father Is Dying. 0:39 Album Only
71. Chapter 70 After My Father . . . 1:56 Album Only
72. Chapter 71 My Mother And I Sit Side By Side . . . 3:57 Album Only
73. Chapter 72 An Accountant I Know . . . 0:59 Album Only
74. Chapter 73 Are We Related? 0:30 Album Only
75. Chapter 74 Every Time I Meet New People . . . 0:54 Album Only
76. Chapter 75 Love? 5:50 Album Only
77. Chapter 76 I Sell My Store . . . 3:56 Album Only
78. Chapter 77 Something Has Gone. 3:23 Album Only
79. Chapter 78 My Mother . . . 1:09 Album Only
80. Chapter 79 Some Men Like To Talk . . . 1:07 Album Only
81. Chapter 80 My Mother's In Bed . . . 2:20 Album Only
82. Chapter 81 Prescriptions . . . 1:01 Album Only
83. Chapter 82 Now Listen, Lovey . . . 1:43 Album Only
84. Chapter 83 April. 3:47 Album Only
85. Chapter 84 Saved Voice Messages . . . 0:47 Album Only
86. Chapter 85 No Turning Back . . . 6:22 Album Only
87. Chapter 86 Sometimes I Pretend . . . 0:34 Album Only
88. Chapter 87 We're Watching Oprah. 3:00 Album Only
89. Chapter 88 Men Complain That Women . . . 0:44 Album Only
90. Chapter 89 July. 6:52 Album Only
91. Chapter 90 Mum. 0:34 Album Only
92. Chapter 91 When I Get Home . . . 2:33 Album Only
93. Chapter 92 I'm Still On Crutches . . . 0:53 Album Only
94. Chapter 93 Sometimes My Mother . . . 0:52 Album Only
95. Chapter 94 I'm Trying To Get . . . 2:56 Album Only
96. Chapter 95 Christmas. 13:23 Album Only
97. Chapter 96 I Lay The Orchids And Roses . . . 0:41 Album Only
98. Chapter 97 The Woman At The Spa . . . 2:10 Album Only
99. Chapter 98 I'm Having My Nails Done. 1:21 Album Only
100. Chapter 99 The Last Three . . . March. Song. 9:34 Album Only
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Album Notes

Written by Cathie Borrie, read by Melia McClure (unabridged) and produced by Ian Widgery. The Long Hello~The Other Side of Alzheimer’s, is brought to auditory life with haunting grace and mesmerizing emotional resonance by author and actor Melia McClure. This memoir’s deep use of silken language and the presence of two distinct, fascinating main character voices, along with the many other finely-wrought secondary characters, lend the book to the magical oral storytelling tradition. The narrative’s shifting time periods, reflected in the changing chorus of voices from young to old, enrich the unfolding drama. The audiobook production of The Long Hello is staged for the ear in the spirit of a radio play, featuring spare but meaningful sound effects, sensitive and intense voice portrayals, and an immense honoring of the story and message. With moving power and tender respect, the tears and laughter of The Long Hello, and its paradigm-shifting vision of the Alzheimer’s experience, are dramatized with passion and vividness, giving the listener a sensuous way to lose oneself in the searing beauty of the text.

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