Some memories fade… but love, pain, and identity still fight to survive. 🕯️📖
This story broke me softly with its raw portrayal of living with Alzheimer’s — the confusion, the fear, and the moments of holding onto yourself before everything slips away. Have you ever read a book that stayed with you long after the final page? 💔
Name of Book: Handsome
Author: Ezra Palmer
Publisher: Self Published
Publication Date: July 13, 2026
No. of Hours: 6 Hours 1 Minute
Narrator: Marilyn Downey
Format: Netgalley Audiobook
Rating ⭐⭐⭐⭐
Evvie Kurtz remembers everything.
Evvie Kurtz has Alzheimer's disease.
Handsome is Evvie's story, told in her own voice: How she grew up on Manhattan's Upper East Side, a scholarship girl at one of the city's fanciest day schools. How she made a name for herself as a journalist. How she met and married her husband. How she loved him for all his faults. And how she came to the decision to leave him.
Evvie will forget her story.
You will not.
My Opinion
Handsome by Ezra Palmer is an emotional and unforgettable portrayal of living with Alzheimer’s. Through Evvie Kurtz’s memories, fears, and fading moments, the story takes readers on a deeply personal journey through the best and worst parts of her life. At times, it felt as if I was living those moments beside her. The narrator’s voice was soothing like honey, making every scene even more heartfelt and painful. The book beautifully reminds us how precious memories are and how much they shape a person’s identity. Handsome is nostalgic, moving, and quietly devastating — a story that will stay with me for a very long time.
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