Protecting Mama

Léonie Rosenstiel, whose mother suffers from Alzheimer’s disease, struggles with an implacable, court-appointed guardian against the backdrop of centuries-old family myths and miscommunication. Mama wants their story told, but the courts demand that secrecy enshroud all guardianship records-forever. After years of struggle and Kafkaesque frustration, and with the help of a brilliant, unconventional attorney, Léonie goes to war with the establishment in an attempt to help others find their way through the swamp of legal guardianship. “Léonie is the only person I know who’s gotten a judge to lift a court order forbidding her to speak about adult guardianship… I didn’t know what adult guardianship was when I started reading this book… I’ve come to see what a complicated and potentially dangerous minefiled this can be… a fascinating read! It reads almost like a thriller. It’s well written… I kept turning the pages to want to know what happened next…” -Jack Canfield, motivational speaker and co-author of the best-selling Chicken Soup for the Soul series

Author Biography

After careers in music, publishing, East Asian Medicine and interfaith ministry, award-winning author Léonie Rosenstiel has turned her attention to preserving and restoring the civil rights of family members whose loved ones have been placed under commercial-sometimes ironically called professional-guardianship. She lives in New Mexico where she aids other writers through her work on the boards of SouthWest Writers and New Mexico Press Women. If you would like to contact the author about the issues discussed in this book, or possible ways to solve many of the dilemmas it describes, please email her at: leonie.rosenstiel1@gmail.com.