A review by margaret21
The Wilderness by Samantha Harvey

5.0

This is the story of Jake, 65 year old Jake, whose wife has died, whose son is in prison, whose daughter ..... well, Jake has Alzheimers, and we tumble with him into a tangle of reminiscence, misleading timelines and confusion, as like him, we try to make sense of his new helplessness and puzzlement about the fates of those he holds dear.

This is a wonderfully imagined book, which gave me real insight (and fears) into an existence entirely dominated by unreliable memories, whether of mothers, lovers, or where to store the coffee cups. Here is a man who was once an architect with vision, now reduced to dependency and frustration.

Beautifully written, it had me gripped till the last page.