About the show
Join us at the HUB for an evening focused on care, community and compassion with Emma Heming Willis, presented in partnership with Books & Books. Heming Willis will speak in conversation with actress Gabrielle Anwar.
As Bruce Willis was diagnosed with a frontotemporal dementia, his wife Emma Heming Willis has nothing more than a brochure and a paralyzing fear. Shocked, alone and desperate with answers, Emma left the doctor’s office, feeling that her world had broken. Now Emma transforms her pain into a goal with her next book Unexpected journey: finding strength, hope and yourself on the way to care. This is the guide she had desperately needed but never received – a deeply personal and compassionate roadmap for anyone who faces the sorrow and the confusion of taking care of a loved one with dementia. Writing with the same passionate voice that underpins his advocacy for raising awareness among FTDs and women’s brain health, Emma weaves her own raw and transformer journey with leading dementia ideas and healthcare experts, offering practical wisdom to navigate for yourself.
The unexpected journey is more than a guide – it is the essential companion for anyone faced with the unimaginable, offering strength, hope and a way to follow when life changes in an instant.
