Dorothy Wordsworth's Grasmere Days

Dorothy Wordsworth’s Grasmere Days is a beautiful and uplifting celebration of the life and writings by Dorothy Wordsworth (1771-1885). This dementia-friendly book has an easy to follow narrative with photography and illustration that provoke curiosity and imagination.

It has been created with and for people living with early to moderate dementia. The book is rich with things to look at and talk about and the format, design and content prompts conversations and enjoyable shared reading experience with people living with dementia and their family and friends.

Dorothy Wordsworth is best known as the sister of the Romantic poet William Wordsworth. Her famous Grasmere Journals invite the reader into the daily household life and activities of the Wordsworth family. Dorothy was also an intrepid hill walker and curious nature lover, her observations and descriptions capture the Lake District landscape in all seasons, all weathers and at all times of day and night. Her journals are full of poetic imagery, her support was essential for her brother but also Samuel Taylor Coleridge.