Love, Sex, and Dementia: An Artist’s
Memoir of Spiritual Awakening
by Francie Allen (Author)
Format: Paperback
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What if life in your 60s were more passionate, more vibrant—and more
heartbreaking—than anything you had experienced before?
Visual artist and spiritual seeker Francie Allen thought she had found happiness. After decades of artmaking and learning meditation, dance, and ceremony, she had carved a rich inner world and pleasant outer life. A hidden struggle remained: an uneasy relationship with her sexuality.
Then, an old flame—a charismatic, eccentric philosopher from her past—resurfaced, and everything changed.
Their unexpected reunion ignited a decade-long tantric love story, potent with erotic exploration and spiritual depth. Just as their union blossomed, however, Francie discovered he was in the early stages of Alzheimer’s disease.
This moving, deeply honest memoir charts one woman’s journey through longing, grief, forgiveness, and ultimate surrender. Love, Sex, and Dementia is a story of awakening—and of the boundless beauty that emerges when we open our hearts completely.
— Francie Allen
