Who Will Name the Bees?

Name: Who Will Name the Bees?
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ISBN: 9798885281478

Sarah Church Vosburgh

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English

Acorn Publishing
22 April 2026

Autobiography: general; Memoirs; Gender studies: women; Nursing & ancillary services; Home nursing & caring

When memory fades, what remains?

Sarah Vosburgh has often felt misunderstood by her mother, a woman who lived a quintessential suburban life. But when her mother is diagnosed with Alzheimer's, Sarah's world unravels, and she must confront a disease that will only worsen. As roles reverse between mother and daughter, Sarah faces the guilt of making decisions she hopes are the right ones while also carrying the grief of losing her mom bit by bit everyday. She navigates a labyrinth of health services amid the heartbreaking, and at times darkly humorous, realities of caregiving.

There are the white lies and midnight phone calls, the misbuttoned blouses, and the second slice of chocolate pie that tastes just as good as it did the first time. And then there's the quiet awe at the persistence of connection even when language falters and names are forgotten.

Told in finely wrought prose and lyrical fragments of memory, Who Will Name the Bees? is a daughter's unflinching love letter to the flawed, fierce, and unforgettable woman who raised her.

By: Sarah Church Vosburgh
Imprint: Acorn Publishing
Dimensions: Height: 216mm, Width: 140mm, Spine: 14mm
Weight: 295g
ISBN: 9798885281478
Pages: 252
Publication Date: 22 April 2026
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

It was never in Sarah Vosburgh's plan to be an author or to write a memoir. As a busy mom, wife, and psychologist, she always saw her life as full (sometimes overfull). But in the dark of night, memories knocked on her brain, compelling her to commit them first to paper, then to bits and bytes.Sarah is a member of the International Memoir Writers Association and San Diego Writers, Ink. Her work has been published in A Year in Ink and numerous volumes of Shaking the Tree: brazen. short. memoir. A native New Englander, she now lives in San Diego with her husband, her daughter, her granddog, and a most extraordinary feline.

Reviews for Who Will Name the Bees?

""Real and raw, this is a powerfully poignant collection of vignettes and poems that instantly draws the reader into the many facets of a mother-daughter relationship over a lifetime and through the ravages of Alzheimer's."" - Deborah Rudell, author of Grit and Grace: The Transformation of a Ship & a Soul ""Who Will Name the Bees is a poignant memoir with a blend of pensive poetry and prose... a daughter's love and devotion to her mother along with her ambition to keep her family stories alive."" - Jennifer Gasner, author of My Unexpected Life: Finding Balance Beyond My Diagnosis ""Vosburgh's lyrical voice takes the reader on an incredible journey reflecting the power of helpless love we have for our mothers... This is one of those books."" - Laura L. Engel, author of You'll Forget This Ever Happened