We're talking about motherhood, family and the reality of loving someone with Alzheimer's disease. #ArchitectsOfChange

The Academy Award-winning actress sat down with Salon to discuss her new memoir of love, family and flowers

Introspective and intimate, Marcia Gay Harden opens up about her mother’s battle with Alzheimer’s, whether she thinks the ‘Fifty Shades’ trilogy is feminist, and the moment she knew she’d made it. Plus, the Oscar winner on Christopher Plummer, the Coen brothers, and Lady Gaga.

For Academy and Tony Award-winning actress Marcia Gay Harden, ordinary was never in the cards. As a child, she moved between exotic locations and demonstrated an innate talent for storytelling. It’s no surprise that she became a highly celebrated actress and now an author.

“Sometimes it’s hard to know where my mother leaves off and I begin.” Turn volume up to hear me read an excerpt from the audiobook edition of "THE SEASONS OF MY MOTHER,"

Marcia Gay Harden takes readers through The Seasons of My Motherin a moving new memoir sharing some of the many lessons that she learned from her beloved mother, Beverly Harden.

Marcia Gay Harden’s mother, Beverly, loved arranging flowers – a skill she learned while living in Asia. It’s through that lens that the Oscar-winning Texan tells Beverly’s story of love, loss and eventual struggle with Alzheimer’s disease.

A patient sees what she wants to while in the hospital.

After her mother was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s Disease in 2011, Academy and Tony award-winning actress Marcia Gay Harden assumed the role of memory keeper, and documents her rich collection with the new book, “The Seasons of My Mother.”

In 2007, when actress Marcia Gay Harden’s mother, Beverly, began showing signs of forgetfulness, Harden wasn’t sure what to make of it. The first incident occurred when the two attended a charity event in Canada and Beverly kept losing her passport, finding it and losing it again.

Marcia sits down with CBS This Morning and CBS News to discuss her new memoir.

Marcia Gay Harden & Allison Pataki are here to help us find resilience & joy even in the broken place:

"I'm So Mad My Kids Didn't Get to Know Their Grandma"

The actress recalls her childhood growing up in California, Japan and Greece as the daughter of a naval officer and a mother who encouraged her to act