Emily Griesinger

No Word for the Sea

Fiction

“No Word for the Sea reconceives Alzheimer’s disease within the context of Christianity and its counter-narrative of healing and hope. Perhaps the lost memories of Alzheimer’s patients exist forever in the memory of God. ‘Maybe Stephen was remembering somewhere. . . . Maybe consciousness was a part of the larger universe. A part of God’ (234). No Word for the Sea is theologically rich, beautifully written, essential reading for courses in medical humanities.”