2009

Information about the inaugural Wellcome Trust Book Prize, including the winner, shortlist and who was on the judging panel.

Winner

Keeper: Living with Nancy - a journey into Alzheimer's by Andrea Gillies

Andrea Gilles made the decision to take on the full-time care of her mother-in-law, Nancy an Alzheimer's sufferer. With her family she moved to a remote peninsular in northern Scotland to a house with space to accommodate Nancy and her elderly husband, and there embarked on an extraordinary journey.

 

Shortlist

Judges