Bruce Willis can no longer speak, walk; wife Emma’s book to be released
Bruce Willis’ wife, Emma Heming Willis, is gearing up for a publicity tour for her new book, “The Unexpected Journey: Finding Strength, Hope, and Yourself on the Caregiving Path,” set to be released on September 9.
The book, described as “for anyone caregiving for a loved one with any form of dementia, and even for those caregiving for other conditions, T’he Unexpected Journey’ shows that you are not alone,” follows Heming Willis’ journey from “the day Emma Heming Willis’ husband, Bruce Willis, was diagnosed with frontotemporal dementia (FTD),” and the journey she’s been on ever since as Willis’ primary caretaker.
”All they were given was a pamphlet and told to check back in a few months,” reads the Amazon description. “With no hope or direction, Emma walked out of that doctor’s appointment frozen with fear, confusion and a sense that her world had just fallen apart.
“In fact, it had. Bruce and Emma had their story written, their future mapped out. Yet all those dreams crumbled with that diagnosis, and Emma felt alone and more isolated than ever. How would she care for her husband while parenting their young daughters?
“At that devastating time, Emma just wanted someone who’d been through it to tell her, ‘This feels terrible right now. Your life is in shambles. But it’s going to be okay. Here are some things to think about and put in place so you cannot just survive but thrive.’”
Bruce Willis and Emma Heming Willis: Book offers insights into their life –
The book Heming Willis wrote is “the book she wishes she’d been handed on the day of Bruce’s diagnosis: A supportive guide to navigating the complicated, heartbreaking, and transformative experience that is caregiving for your loved one. 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.”
It does offer insights into her life with not just Willis and their two daughters, but his ex, Demi Moore and Moore’s children with Willis, Scout, Tallulah and Rumer.
It is also coming out during a difficult time, as the Daily Express reported this week that Willis’ health has taken a turn for the worse and he can no longer speak, read or walk.
Meanwhile, friends of Hemming Willis told me the former model/actress is “an angel. She is there for Bruce every day all day — as well as her children. This is not the life she imagined, but the one she is leading… and leading with grace. She is a role model for every person going through a battle like this.”
I also hear ABC News scored the first interview with Hemming Willis, to be released late August or early September.
-NewsNation
