Book Launch of Rosemary Now and Then by Chris Larson

Author Chris Larson is launching her new interactive memoir, Rosemary, Now and Then, at the Fort Walton Beach Library. It is an end-of-life story of awe, Rosemary, Now and Then ventures back and forth through death's door with stark truths, vibrant compassion, and afterlife intrigue. Strokes untether Rosemary from known reality, yet dementia uplifts her spirit, compelling her paramedic daughter to reconsider definitions of mental disorder in particular and the nature of death in general. A clever nurse translates dementia findings into a poetic image for family: "Rosemary's brain is like lace."