Broken Beauty ― Piecing Together Lives Shattered by Early-onset Alzheimer's

Focusing on life, not death, in the world of Alzheimer’s

?Beauty in Brokenness is a journey of the author’s mother, called Beauty, and her journey through the devastating world of early-onset Alzheimer’s. The author, who was in her thirties when her mother’s illness struck, tells a personal and powerful story about facing the tragic disease. Sarah’s mom, who is not only still young and fit, is also Sarah’s best friend. Smith’s book is not as much about losing the mother she knew as it is an honest story of a family who has grasped on to life, not death, and who celebrates victory over tragedy. It’s a story of hope through the storm as well as forgiveness, restoration, and reconciliation. Sarah Smith shows complete vulnerability and gives readers insight into the lives of caregivers, friends, family, memory care facilities, emotional and mental suffering, heartbreak, and hope. She reveals there is purpose through pain. She wants readers to see the love all around us—a unique kind of love that is everywhere you look within these pages and within the walls where Beauty resides.

Sarah Bearden Smith is a housewife, mother of three, and a woman of deep faith, who has lived in Texas all her life. She was born and raised in the Houston area until her departure for the University of Texas at Austin, where she was a speech communications major and varsity cheerleader. After graduation, she remained in Austin, working in the software and high-tech industry. She and her husband and children live in Dallas, Texas, where they actively serve in assisted living and memory care facilities and support organizations such as Council for Life, Alzheimer’s Association, the Women’s Alzheimer’s Movement, and Community Bible Study. Sarah and her family are members of Watermark Community Church.