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The Unexpected Journey

by Emma Heming Willis

  • The Open Field
  • 2025
  • ISBN: 978-0593833940
  • 320 pages
  • WorldCat
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About the Book

From Emma Heming Willis, wife of Bruce Willis, a deeply personal and richly compassionate supportive guide that helps caregivers care for themselves while they navigate a loved one’s dementia. With The Unexpected Journey, Emma has written the book she wishes she’d been handed on the day of Bruce’s diagnosis. Weaving her personal journey as a care partner with the latest research and insights from the world’s top dementia, caregiving, and integrative experts she offers the guidance and wisdom caregivers everywhere so desperately need to hear. ebook icon Audio book icon

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Emma Heming Willis
About the Author

Emma Heming Willis is a mother, step-mother, wife, advocate, and co-founder of Make Time Wellness, a brand devoted to women’s brain health. After her husband, Bruce Willis, was diagnosed with frontotemporal dementia, she became a passionate voice for care partners and families navigating neurodegenerative disease. Through her storytelling and advocacy, Emma hopes to help others feel less alone on the caregiving journey. This is her first book.

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