14 must-read biography memoir books like Floating in the Deep End: How Caregivers Can See Beyond Alzheimer's by Patti Davis

Cover of Floating in the Deep End: How Caregivers Can See Beyond Alzheimer's by Patti   Davis

Floating in the Deep End: How Caregivers Can See Beyond Alzheimer's

By: Patti Davis

4.26

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

With the heartfelt prose of a loving daughter, Patti Davis provides a life raft for the caregivers …

If you liked the biography memoir plot in Floating in the Deep End: How Caregivers Can See Beyond Alzheimer's by Patti Davis , here is a list of 14 books like this:

Cover of My Two Elaines: Learning, Coping, and Surviving as an Alzheimer's Caregiver by None, Cathy Breitenbucher, Martin J. Schreiber

1. My Two Elaines: Learning, Coping, and Surviving as an Alzheimer's Caregiver

By: None , Cathy Breitenbucher , Martin J. Schreiber

4.17

Format: 126 pages, Paperback

Former governor of Wisconsin Marty Schreiber has seen his beloved wife, Elaine, gradually transform… read more

Similar categories in None's My Two Elaines: Learning, Coping, and Surviving as an Alzheimer's Caregiver book and Patti Davis's Floating in the Deep End: How Caregivers Can See Beyond Alzheimer's

  • nonfiction
  • memoir
Cover of Where the Light Gets In: Losing My Mother Only to Find Her Again by Michael J. Fox, Kimberly Williams-Paisley

2. Where the Light Gets In: Losing My Mother Only to Find Her Again

By: Michael J. Fox , Kimberly Williams-Paisley

3.70

Format: 264 pages, Hardcover

Many know Kimberly Williams-Paisley as the bride in the popular Steve Martin remakes of theFather o… read more

Similar categories in Michael J. Fox's Where the Light Gets In: Losing My Mother Only to Find Her Again book and Patti Davis's Floating in the Deep End: How Caregivers Can See Beyond Alzheimer's

  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • memoir
Cover of The Great Displacement: Climate Change and the Next American Migration by Jake Bittle

3. The Great Displacement: Climate Change and the Next American Migration

By: Jake Bittle

4.28

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

“The Great Displacement is closely observed, compassionate, and far-sighted.” —Elizabeth Kolbert, P… read more

Similar categories in Jake Bittle's The Great Displacement: Climate Change and the Next American Migration book and Patti Davis's Floating in the Deep End: How Caregivers Can See Beyond Alzheimer's

  • nonfiction
Cover of Democracy Awakening: Notes on the State of America by Heather Cox Richardson

4. Democracy Awakening: Notes on the State of America

By: Heather Cox Richardson

4.42

Format: 286 pages, Hardcover

“Engaging and highly accessible.” —Boston Globe “A vibrant, and essential history of America's u… read more

Similar categories in Heather Cox Richardson's Democracy Awakening: Notes on the State of America book and Patti Davis's Floating in the Deep End: How Caregivers Can See Beyond Alzheimer's

  • nonfiction
Cover of It. Goes. So. Fast.: The Year of No Do-Overs by Mary Louise Kelly

5. It. Goes. So. Fast.: The Year of No Do-Overs

By: Mary Louise Kelly

3.86

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

Operating Instructions meets Glennon Doyle in this new book by famed NPR reporter Mary Louise Kelly… read more

Similar categories in Mary Louise Kelly's It. Goes. So. Fast.: The Year of No Do-Overs book and Patti Davis's Floating in the Deep End: How Caregivers Can See Beyond Alzheimer's

  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • memoir
"In his book "Being Mortal", the surgeon Atul Gawande accurately describes the joy that flows from being good at your work. 'You become a doctor for what you imagine to be the satisfaction of the work…"

-Mary Louise Kelly, It. Goes. So. Fast.: The Year of No Do-Overs

Cover of Being Henry: The Fonz . . . and Beyond by Henry Winkler

6. Being Henry: The Fonz . . . and Beyond

By: Henry Winkler

4.14

Format: 246 pages, Hardcover

From Emmy-award winning actor, author, comedian, producer, and director Henry Winkler, a deeply tho… read more

Similar categories in Henry Winkler's Being Henry: The Fonz . . . and Beyond book and Patti Davis's Floating in the Deep End: How Caregivers Can See Beyond Alzheimer's

  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • memoir
"It’s so funny about time - you get into these nice little grooves with people you love, and you think it’ll go on forever. But time goes so fast, and nothing goes on forever."

-Henry Winkler, Being Henry: The Fonz . . . and Beyond

"If you don't nail your feet to the ground, you can just believe - and you want to believe. It's so enticing. It felt so good. You could just become a gigantic balloon in the Thanksgiving Day parade a…"

-Henry Winkler, Being Henry: The Fonz . . . and Beyond

Cover of By Any Other Name by Jodi Picoult

7. By Any Other Name

By: Jodi Picoult

4.19

Format: 528 pages, Kindle Edition

From the New York Times bestselling co-author of Mad Honey comes an “inspiring” (Elle) novel about … read more

Similar categories in Jodi Picoult's By Any Other Name book and Patti Davis's Floating in the Deep End: How Caregivers Can See Beyond Alzheimer's

Cover of If You Can't Take the Heat: Tales of Food, Feminism, and Fury by Geraldine DeRuiter

8. If You Can't Take the Heat: Tales of Food, Feminism, and Fury

By: Geraldine DeRuiter

4.15

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

From the James Beard Award–winning blogger behind The Everywhereist come hilarious, searing essays … read more

Similar categories in Geraldine DeRuiter's If You Can't Take the Heat: Tales of Food, Feminism, and Fury book and Patti Davis's Floating in the Deep End: How Caregivers Can See Beyond Alzheimer's

  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • memoir
Cover of I'm No Philosopher, But I Got Thoughts: Mini-Meditations for Saints, Sinners, and the Rest of Us by Kristin Chenoweth

9. I'm No Philosopher, But I Got Thoughts: Mini-Meditations for Saints, Sinners, and the Rest of Us

By: Kristin Chenoweth

3.52

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

Aristotle. Socrates. Descartes. And now, Chenoweth. (How about some women, am I right?) From tel… read more

Similar categories in Kristin Chenoweth's I'm No Philosopher, But I Got Thoughts: Mini-Meditations for Saints, Sinners, and the Rest of Us book and Patti Davis's Floating in the Deep End: How Caregivers Can See Beyond Alzheimer's

  • nonfiction
  • memoir
"I actually find questions a lot more interesting than answers. Questions are usually honest while answers are frequently BS. A question is a starting point, a door that swings open and invites a host…"

-Kristin Chenoweth, I'm No Philosopher, But I Got Thoughts: Mini-Meditations for Saints, Sinners, and the Rest of Us

"There’s a difference between humiliation and humility. Humiliation lies. Humility speaks truth. Humiliation silences you. Humility empowers you. Humiliation is a byproduct of conflict with someone el…"

-Kristin Chenoweth, I'm No Philosopher, But I Got Thoughts: Mini-Meditations for Saints, Sinners, and the Rest of Us

Cover of The Tusks of Extinction by Ray Nayler

10. The Tusks of Extinction

By: Ray Nayler

3.85

Format: 192 pages, ebook

When you bring back a long-extinct species, there’s more to success than the DNA. Moscow has res… read more

Similar categories in Ray Nayler's The Tusks of Extinction book and Patti Davis's Floating in the Deep End: How Caregivers Can See Beyond Alzheimer's

"When you bring back a long-extinct species, there's more to success than the DNA."

-Ray Nayler, The Tusks of Extinction

"But there were links [to memories] that were broken as well. That no longer led to other memories. Were those memories still there, disconnected but whole, like planets that had escaped the gravity o…"

-Ray Nayler, The Tusks of Extinction

"He was afraid to lose this memory. He returned to it often, like a person checking their pockets to make sure their keys were still there. He had lost so many memories of her. The further away he mov…"

-Ray Nayler, The Tusks of Extinction

Cover of In Love: A Memoir of Love and Loss by Amy Bloom

11. In Love: A Memoir of Love and Loss

By: Amy Bloom

4.27

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

This powerful memoir by New York Times bestselling author Amy Bloom is an illuminating story of two… read more

Similar categories in Amy Bloom's In Love: A Memoir of Love and Loss book and Patti Davis's Floating in the Deep End: How Caregivers Can See Beyond Alzheimer's

  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • memoir
Cover of One Way Back: A Memoir by Christine Blasey Ford

12. One Way Back: A Memoir

By: Christine Blasey Ford

4.30

Format: 298 pages, Hardcover

On September 27, 2018, Christine Blasey Ford testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee which … read more

Similar categories in Christine Blasey Ford's One Way Back: A Memoir book and Patti Davis's Floating in the Deep End: How Caregivers Can See Beyond Alzheimer's

  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • memoir
Cover of Everyone But Myself by Julie Chavez

13. Everyone But Myself

By: Julie Chavez

3.89

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

Like so many mothers, Julie Chavez ran herself ragged trying to meet the needs of everyone else, un… read more

Similar categories in Julie Chavez's Everyone But Myself book and Patti Davis's Floating in the Deep End: How Caregivers Can See Beyond Alzheimer's

  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • memoir
Cover of The House in the Orchard by Elizabeth  Brooks

14. The House in the Orchard

By: Elizabeth Brooks

3.70

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

1945: War widow Peggy is grateful to have inherited Orchard House from her husband’s Aunt Maude; sh… read more

Similar categories in Elizabeth Brooks's The House in the Orchard book and Patti Davis's Floating in the Deep End: How Caregivers Can See Beyond Alzheimer's

Cover of My Father's Brain: Life in the Shadow of Alzheimer's by Sandeep Jauhar

15. My Father's Brain: Life in the Shadow of Alzheimer's

By: Sandeep Jauhar

4.14

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

“Blending the humor, compassion, and absorbing family drama of first-rate memoir with expert scienc… read more

Similar categories in Sandeep Jauhar's My Father's Brain: Life in the Shadow of Alzheimer's book and Patti Davis's Floating in the Deep End: How Caregivers Can See Beyond Alzheimer's

  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • memoir
Cover of Travelers to Unimaginable Lands: Stories of Dementia, the Caregiver, and the Human Brain by Dasha Kiper

16. Travelers to Unimaginable Lands: Stories of Dementia, the Caregiver, and the Human Brain

By: Dasha Kiper

4.19

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

These “moving and often surprising” ( The Wall Street Journal ) case histories meld science and sto… read more

Similar categories in Dasha Kiper's Travelers to Unimaginable Lands: Stories of Dementia, the Caregiver, and the Human Brain book and Patti Davis's Floating in the Deep End: How Caregivers Can See Beyond Alzheimer's

  • nonfiction
  • memoir
Cover of Floating in the Deep End: How Caregivers Can See Beyond Alzheimer's by Patti   Davis

17. Floating in the Deep End: How Caregivers Can See Beyond Alzheimer's

By: Patti Davis

4.26

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

With the heartfelt prose of a loving daughter, Patti Davis provides a life raft for the caregivers … read more

Similar categories in Patti Davis's Floating in the Deep End: How Caregivers Can See Beyond Alzheimer's book and Patti Davis's Floating in the Deep End: How Caregivers Can See Beyond Alzheimer's

  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • memoir
Cover of Dear Sister: A Memoir of Secrets, Survival, and Unbreakable Bonds by Michelle Horton

18. Dear Sister: A Memoir of Secrets, Survival, and Unbreakable Bonds

By: Michelle Horton

4.52

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

A breathtaking memoir about two sisters and a high-profile Nikki Addimando, incarcerated for killi… read more

Similar categories in Michelle Horton's Dear Sister: A Memoir of Secrets, Survival, and Unbreakable Bonds book and Patti Davis's Floating in the Deep End: How Caregivers Can See Beyond Alzheimer's

  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • memoir
Cover of Briefly Perfectly Human: Making an Authentic Life by Getting Real About the End by Alua Arthur

19. Briefly Perfectly Human: Making an Authentic Life by Getting Real About the End

By: Alua Arthur

4.26

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

A deeply transformative memoir that reframes how we think about death and how it can help us lead b… read more

Similar categories in Alua Arthur's Briefly Perfectly Human: Making an Authentic Life by Getting Real About the End book and Patti Davis's Floating in the Deep End: How Caregivers Can See Beyond Alzheimer's

  • nonfiction
  • memoir
Cover of Of Time and Turtles: Mending the World, Shell by Shattered Shell: A heartwarming compassionate portrait of injured turtles, perfect for nature lovers. by Sy Montgomery

20. Of Time and Turtles: Mending the World, Shell by Shattered Shell: A heartwarming compassionate portrait of injured turtles, perfect for nature lovers.

By: Sy Montgomery

4.07

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

National Book Award finalist for The Soul of an Octopus and  New York Times  bestseller Sy Montgome… read more

Similar categories in Sy Montgomery's Of Time and Turtles: Mending the World, Shell by Shattered Shell: A heartwarming compassionate portrait of injured turtles, perfect for nature lovers. book and Patti Davis's Floating in the Deep End: How Caregivers Can See Beyond Alzheimer's

  • nonfiction
  • memoir
"Never give up on a turtle. Because turtles never give up."

-Sy Montgomery, Of Time and Turtles: Mending the World, Shell by Shattered Shell: A heartwarming compassionate portrait of injured turtles, perfect for nature lovers.

Cover of A Very Private School: A Memoir by Charles     Spencer

21. A Very Private School: A Memoir

By: Charles Spencer

4.09

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

In this poignant memoir, Charles Spencer recounts the trauma of being sent away from home at age ei… read more

Similar categories in Charles Spencer's A Very Private School: A Memoir book and Patti Davis's Floating in the Deep End: How Caregivers Can See Beyond Alzheimer's

  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • memoir
Cover of My Glory Was I Had Such Friends by Amy Silverstein

22. My Glory Was I Had Such Friends

By: Amy Silverstein

4.14

Format: 352 pages, Kindle Edition

In this moving memoir about the power of friendship and the resilience of the human spirit, Amy Sil… read more

Similar categories in Amy Silverstein's My Glory Was I Had Such Friends book and Patti Davis's Floating in the Deep End: How Caregivers Can See Beyond Alzheimer's

  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • memoir
Cover of My Beloved Monster: Masha, the Half-wild Rescue Cat Who Rescued Me by Caleb Carr

23. My Beloved Monster: Masha, the Half-wild Rescue Cat Who Rescued Me

By: Caleb Carr

4.33

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

The #1 bestselling author of  The Alienist,  Caleb  Carr , tells the extraordinary story of Masha, … read more

Similar categories in Caleb Carr's My Beloved Monster: Masha, the Half-wild Rescue Cat Who Rescued Me book and Patti Davis's Floating in the Deep End: How Caregivers Can See Beyond Alzheimer's

  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • memoir
Cover of Midlife Bites: Anyone Else Falling Apart, Or Is It Just Me? by Jen Mann

24. Midlife Bites: Anyone Else Falling Apart, Or Is It Just Me?

By: Jen Mann

3.95

Format: 243 pages, Paperback

A smart, personal, darkly funny examination of what it's like to be at the crossroads of a midlife … read more

Similar categories in Jen Mann's Midlife Bites: Anyone Else Falling Apart, Or Is It Just Me? book and Patti Davis's Floating in the Deep End: How Caregivers Can See Beyond Alzheimer's

  • biography memoir
  • nonfiction
  • memoir
Cover of Things Don't Break on Their Own by Sarah Easter Collins

25. Things Don't Break on Their Own

By: Sarah Easter Collins

3.95

Format: 259 pages, Hardcover

Twenty-five years ago, a young girl left home to walk to school. Her younger sister soon followed. … read more

Similar categories in Sarah Easter Collins's Things Don't Break on Their Own book and Patti Davis's Floating in the Deep End: How Caregivers Can See Beyond Alzheimer's

Cover of On Vanishing: Mortality, Dementia, and What It Means to Disappear by Lynn Casteel Harper

26. On Vanishing: Mortality, Dementia, and What It Means to Disappear

By: Lynn Casteel Harper

3.73

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

For fans of Atul Gawande’s Being Mortal, Eula Biss’s On Immunity, and Paul Kalanithi’s When Breath … read more

Similar categories in Lynn Casteel Harper's On Vanishing: Mortality, Dementia, and What It Means to Disappear book and Patti Davis's Floating in the Deep End: How Caregivers Can See Beyond Alzheimer's

  • nonfiction
  • memoir
Cover of A Life Impossible: Living with ALS: Finding Peace and Wisdom Within a Fragile Existence by Steve Gleason

27. A Life Impossible: Living with ALS: Finding Peace and Wisdom Within a Fragile Existence

By: Steve Gleason

4.71

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

From NFL player Steve Gleason, a powerful, inspiring memoir of love, heartbreak, resilience, family… read more

Similar categories in Steve Gleason's A Life Impossible: Living with ALS: Finding Peace and Wisdom Within a Fragile Existence book and Patti Davis's Floating in the Deep End: How Caregivers Can See Beyond Alzheimer's

  • nonfiction
  • memoir
Cover of Mother Lode: Confessions of a Reluctant Caregiver by Gretchen Staebler

28. Mother Lode: Confessions of a Reluctant Caregiver

By: Gretchen Staebler

4.51

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

“. . . makes you feel as though a kindred soul is speaking to you.” — Readers’ Favorite At the age… read more

Similar categories in Gretchen Staebler's Mother Lode: Confessions of a Reluctant Caregiver book and Patti Davis's Floating in the Deep End: How Caregivers Can See Beyond Alzheimer's

  • nonfiction
  • memoir
Cover of Dementia for Caregivers: Strategies for Behavioral Issues and Practical Tips for Caring for Your Loved One At Home (Dementia Caregiving, Activities and Resources) by Renee Phillippi

29. Dementia for Caregivers: Strategies for Behavioral Issues and Practical Tips for Caring for Your Loved One At Home (Dementia Caregiving, Activities and Resources)

By: Renee Phillippi

4.34

Format: 173 pages, Kindle Edition

Ease Your Fears and Embrace a Caring, Kind Approach to Looking After Your Loved One With Dementia … read more

Similar categories in Renee Phillippi's Dementia for Caregivers: Strategies for Behavioral Issues and Practical Tips for Caring for Your Loved One At Home (Dementia Caregiving, Activities and Resources) book and Patti Davis's Floating in the Deep End: How Caregivers Can See Beyond Alzheimer's

Cover of You're Not the Problem: The Impact of Narcissism and Emotional Abuse and How to Heal by Helen Villiers

30. You're Not the Problem: The Impact of Narcissism and Emotional Abuse and How to Heal

By: Helen Villiers

4.67

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

Two popular psychotherapists explore narcissism in family of origin, unpacking the fallout from bei… read more

Similar categories in Helen Villiers's You're Not the Problem: The Impact of Narcissism and Emotional Abuse and How to Heal book and Patti Davis's Floating in the Deep End: How Caregivers Can See Beyond Alzheimer's

  • nonfiction
Cover of My Disappearing Mother: A Memoir of Magic and Loss in the Country of Dementia by Suzanne Finnamore

31. My Disappearing Mother: A Memoir of Magic and Loss in the Country of Dementia

By: Suzanne Finnamore

4.40

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

To come to terms with her mother’s dementia, writer Suzanne Finnamore’s groundbreaking new memoir c… read more

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25 Best nonfiction books like Floating in the Deep End: How Caregivers Can See Beyond Alzheimer's by Patti Davis

Transform Your Habits

My Two Elaines: Learning, Coping, and Surviving as an Alzheimer's Caregiver

None , Cathy Breitenbucher , Martin J. Schreiber

4.17

Transform Your Habits

Where the Light Gets In: Losing My Mother Only to Find Her Again

Michael J. Fox , Kimberly Williams-Paisley

3.70

Transform Your Habits

The Great Displacement: Climate Change and the Next American Migration

Jake Bittle

4.28

Transform Your Habits

Democracy Awakening: Notes on the State of America

Heather Cox Richardson

4.42

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19 must-read audiobook books like My Beloved Monster: Masha, the Half-wild Rescue Cat Who Rescued Me by Caleb Carr

Transform Your Habits

The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War

Erik Larson

4.24

Transform Your Habits

James

Percival Everett

4.54

Transform Your Habits

The Backyard Bird Chronicles

Amy Tan

4.14

Transform Your Habits

Long Island (Eilis Lacey, #2)

Colm Tóibín

3.82

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