Robert Leleux's Books
Jan.17.2012
The Living End is a tribute to an unforgettable woman, and a testimony to the way a disease can awaken an urgent desire for love and forgiveness. Told with sparkling wit and warmth, The Living End will resonate with families coping with Alzheimer's, and any reader looking for hope and inspiration.
Robert Leleux’s grandmother JoAnn was a steel magnolia, an...
Jan.08.2008
In a memoir studded with delicious lines and unforgettable set pieces, Robert Leleux describes his east Texas boyhood and coming of age, under the tutelage of his eccentric, bewigged, flamboyant, and knowing mother. Living on their in-laws’ horse ranch in a white-pillared house they can’t afford, Robert and Mother find themselves chronically low on cash. Soon they are forced into...
The Living End is Robert Leleux's exceptionally moving memoir about his beloved grandmother and his heroic caring for her as she slipped into the grip of Alzheimer’s. The book is at times hilarious, tender, and heartbreaking--further proof that Mr. Leleux is ripening into one of the best prose stylists in America.
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—-- Pat Conroy, Author of The Prince of Tides & South Abroad
About Robert
Hello!
Thank you for visiting my Red Room Profile. For those of you who don’t know, I’m a freelance writer and editor, and the author of two books. My latest, The Living End, a memoir about my beloved grandmother’s journey through Alzheimer’s, will be...
Robert’s Favorite Books
The Member of the Wedding, Splendora, Hons and Rebels, A Fine Old Conflict, The Wind in the Willows, Love in a Cold Climate, Howard's End, Music for Chameleons...