Author Debbie Flack's Mum had always been a hard-working woman and loving grandmother, but in her later years, bizarre questions and strange behavior started ringing alarm bells. Like the edges of a cloth starting to fray, Mum's personality and understanding of situations started to change. Unknowingly, lives were about to change when Mum was diagnosed with dementia, a collection of symptoms caused by disorders affecting the brain.

In Forget Me Not, Flack narrates the family's journey with her mother's diagnosis, from discovering the symptoms, realizing the changes that occur, and...