A growing number of the populace is experiencing the trauma of an onslaught of Alzheimer's disease. The devastation reaches deeply into the lives of many surrounding the patient. In the early stages an alien personality wafts in and out of the familiar loved one, ultimately ending in a relieving bereavement. Richard S. Monkman, a clergyman with four decades of experience, one day found his beloved wife of fifty-six years asking a daughter, "Who is that nice man who goes out and does kind things for people?" From this experience, Dr. Monkman was determined to tell the story of consistently loving a person with such an itinerant presence. The result is the psychological novel Trinity Lake.