Vogue UK

At 79, My Mother Has Been Stripped Of The Power To Read – And The Loss Is Devastating

When Anthea Rowan’s mother suffered a devastating stroke, she narrowly avoided the more typical attendant handicaps, such as lack of speech or mobility. But then she was diagnosed with something equally catastrophic: though she could write, she lost the power to read.

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