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Many know Kimberly Williams-Paisley as the bride in the favorite Steve Martin remakes of the daddy of the Bride videos, the calculating Peggy Kenter on Nashville, or the better half of country megastar Brad Paisley. However in 2014, Williams-Paisley exposed a tragic magic formula: Her mother had been identified as having a unusual form of dementia called major intensifying aphasia at age 61. In Where the Light Turns into In, Williams-Paisley explains to the full account of her mother's disorder, from identification through the present day, drawing on her remembrances of her romantic relationship with the exciting, complicated, and successful woman who lifted her so well. She explains educating herself on her mother's condition, enabling go of the shame and secrecy that ornamented it, and finding sudden humor and grace in an awful situation. Her book also chronicles the ways that her family's connection was strengthened by the experience, to becoming a knowledge advocate, to receiving the woman her mother is becoming. It is a heartrending and inspiring reminder of how unbreakable our romantic relationships with our moms are.