‘There is one story we never tell’: will old family photos bring joy to my ailing mother – or remind us of dark secrets?
- Posted on January 11, 2026
- By The Guardian
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‘There is one story we never tell’: will old family photos bring joy to my ailing mother – or remind us of dark secrets?

As Alzheimer’s tightens its grip, we have started making our way through the hundreds of albums in my childhood home. But some are too painful to revisit