Fay Risner

Floating Feathers of Yesterdays: a Play Dealing with Alzheimer's Disease Fay Risner

This play is a tale of two sisters. After years of being in the middle of a family fued between their mother and aunt, Mary and Janet decide to visit Aunt Mabel in the nursing home. Mary wants to see how bad off Aunt Mabel's health is. Mary's knee deep in debt and thinks she will be in her aunt's will. Janet has been curious for years about what caused the rife between their mother and aunt. Before it's too late, she wants to see if Aunt Mable will tell them the family secret. Mary and Janet get the surprise of their life with this long over due visit. It turns out to be more of a revelation than they bargined for. A visit that gives them a new prospective on Alzheimer's disease, family and what's important in life.