Author from Winston Salem, NC Publishes Biography in Honor of Her Mother

October 8, 2014 - "The Last Granny: Journal of an Alzheimer's Daughter," a biography by Claudia Jokinen about her mother, has been released by RoseDog Books.

"The Last Granny: Journal of an Alzheimer's Daughter" is a celebration of the life of the author's mother. While Jokinen was truly saddened by her mother's death, the author was encouraged by the new beginning for her mother, the return to personal dignity and the removal of all pain. The author's mother was Amazing Grace, world traveler, and a Simon Legree educator, always seeming surer of herself than was supported by her inner confidence.

The author thanks her mother for her joyous, contagious laugh, for her elegant sense of style, for being wherever Jokinen was for all of her birthdays and for her mother's great ideas for interesting weekend and summer activities.

About the Author:
Author Claudia Jokinen is a transplanted New Yorker now residing in North Carolina. She is a retired Human Resources executive, with service industry experience in addiction rehabilitation, manufacturing, hospitality, and education. Her passion for being an advocate and developmental counselor for a diverse population included lessons she provided at home to two now successful daughters. Jokinen is eager to explore the joys of relating both fiction and non-fiction stories as a new author and continuing to travel.

"The Last Granny: Journal of an Alzheimer's Daughter" is a 53-page paperback with a retail price of $8.00. The ISBN is 978-1-4809-9799-8. It was published by RoseDog Books, an imprint of Dorrance Publishing Co., Inc of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. For more information, or to request a review copy, please go to our virtual pressroom at www.dorrancepressroom.com or our online bookstore at www.rosedogbookstore.com.