Kimberly Williams-Paisley Finds Light After Loss

You probably know Kimberly Williams-Paisley as Annie Banks in the popular Father of the Bride movies, from one of her many TV roles or as the wife of country music star, Brad Paisley. The NY Times bestselling author of "Where the Light Gets in: Losing My Mother Only to Find Her Again" opens up to Roxanne (who lost her own mother, Viola Ohlbaum just days prior to recording this interview) on a special episode of "Just the Right Book." Kimberly documents her mother’s rare form of dementia and tracks her family’s actions and emotions through the process and her death last year. “My mother didn’t want us to talk about her illness; she wanted it to be the family secret,” says Williams-Paisley. While she wanted to honor her mother’s wishes and “protect her pride, it was a mistake and I regret it. By keeping it secret, we missed out on a lot of resources we could have been using.” The book, says Roxanne, “does a brilliant job of normalizing a situation that many people find hard to think of as normal.” Be sure to like us on Facebook and join our mailing list to hear more news about “Just the Right Book Podcast.” For More Information on Alzheimer's & Dementia visit the Alzheimer's Association website Books in this episode: Where the Light Gets in: Losing My Mother Only to Find Her Again by Kimberly Williams-Paisley  In Lieu of Flowers: A Conversation for the Living by Nancy Howard Cobb