{"id":1777,"date":"2015-11-17T12:51:40","date_gmt":"2015-11-17T11:51:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mirrorswindowsdoors.org\/wp\/?p=1777"},"modified":"2015-11-17T12:51:40","modified_gmt":"2015-11-17T11:51:40","slug":"revisited-grandfathers-story-cloth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mirrorswindowsdoors.org\/wp\/revisited-grandfathers-story-cloth\/","title":{"rendered":"Revisited: Grandfather&#8217;s Story Cloth"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mirrorswindowsdoors.org\/images\/bookcovers\/grandfathers-story-cloth.jpg\" alt=\"Grandfather's Story Cloth \/ Yawg Daim Paj Ntaub Dab Neeg, written Linda Gerdner and Sarah Langford, illustrated by Stuart Loughridge (Shen's Books, 2008)\" width=\"409\" height=\"500\" \/><\/p>\n<h2><strong><em>Grandfather&#8217;s Story Cloth \/ \u00a0Yawg Daim Paj Ntaub Dab Neeg<br \/>\n<\/em><\/strong>written Linda Gerdner and Sarah Langford, illustrated by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.stuartloughridge.com\/#\/start\/\" target=\"_blank\">Stuart Loughridge<\/a><br \/>\n(Shen&#8217;s Books, 2008)<\/h2>\n<h3>Bilingual: English\/Hmong<\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Chersheng is excited about an art project at school and rushes home to tell his beloved grandfather about it \u2013 but when he finds him in the garden, Grandfather\u2019s behaviour is disturbing to Chersheng: he is gathering firewood to prepare for supper, even though Mother is at that very moment cooking on their gas stove. Later, Grandfather leaves the tap running in the bathroom and then, most upsetting of all, that night Grandfather doesn\u2019t even recognise Chersheng, confusing him for his own little brother. Mother gently explains to Chersheng that Grandfather has Alzheimer\u2019s Disease, and that rather than getting better, \u201cHe will only grow more confused,\u201d and she adds, \u201cWe must continue to love and respect him, even when he does not remember.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>However, as is typical of Alzheimer\u2019s, Grandfather retains vivid memories of his past and when Mother gives a story cloth made by Grandfather to Chersheng, it allows them to communicate again, even if spasmodically. The story cloth, beautifully depicted here both as a whole and in detail,\u00a0 represents Grandfather\u2019s life as a Hmong hill farmer in Laos.\u00a0 It follows the narrative of his fighting in the Vietnam War and fleeing to a refugee camp in Thailand. The stories remind Chersheng that Grandfather used to be strong and that, as Mother tells him, he made great sacrifices for his family. They also help him to realise that it is now their turn to be strong and look after him.\u00a0 The book\u2019s bi-lingual format (English and Hmong) emphasises Chersheng&#8217;s Hmong heritage &#8211; an aspect of the book which is more fully explored in the afterword.<\/p>\n<p>Although the book does not have a conveniently wrapped up happy ending, the story does end on a glimmer of hope.\u00a0 While it can cause great pain to family members and carers when sufferers of the disease do not recognise their present, a connection can often be found through the past and memory, as Chersheng discovers.<\/p>\n<p>We are reminded in an afterword that there are millions of people who suffer from Alzheimer\u2019s \u2013 which means that there are also many, many children whose lives are touched by it in some way.\u00a0<em>Grandfather\u2019s Story Cloth<\/em>\u00a0will be a welcome tool to facilitate understanding and compassion of the heartbreaking effects of this disease on the lives of those both afflicted with and affected by it.<\/p>\n<h6>This review first appeared\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.papertigers.org\/reviews\/USA\/papertigers\/GrandfathersStoryCloth.html\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>\u00a0on the PaperTigers.org website in November 2008.<\/h6>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mirrorswindowsdoors.org\/images\/bookcovers\/grandfathers-story-cloth.jpg\" alt=\"Grandfather's Story Cloth \/ Yawg Daim Paj Ntaub Dab Neeg, written Linda Gerdner and Sarah Langford, illustrated by Stuart Loughridge (Shen's Books, 2008)\" width=\"409\" height=\"500\" \/><\/p>\n<h2><strong><em>Grandfather&#8217;s Story Cloth \/ \u00a0Yawg Daim Paj Ntaub Dab Neeg<br \/> <\/em><\/strong>written Linda Gerdner and Sarah Langford, illustrated by  \u2026<\/p>\n<p class=\"continue-reading-button\"> <a class=\"continue-reading-link\" 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