Memory's Last Breath: Field Notes on My Dementia
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| Rating | : | 4.48 (557 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B071ZJCRPB |
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| Number of Pages | : | 340 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-12-13 |
| Language | : | English |
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A Balanced Book Including the Scientific and Human Side of Alzheimer's / Dementia 3.5 Stars” And the longer life goes on, the fewer are those around to challenge our account, to remind us that our life is not our life, merely the story we have told about our life.”--Julian Barnes, The Sense of an EndingA now retired scientist, Gerda Saunders was 61 when she was diagnosed with early onset dementia, specifically, micr. Rockvillenana said Memory's Last Breath took my breath away. This book may be a bit puzzling at first due to its unusual format but it quickly becomes fascinating, lucidly informative, and ultimately emotionally wrenching as a brilliant woman shares her lengthy struggle to stave off and adapt to dementia.. Outstanding Read! Amazon Customer Poignant, lyrical, honest and thoughtful, Memory's Last Breath is truly breathtaking. My favorite memoirs are those that provoke smiles and tears simultaneously, and I was not disappointed here. Gerda's compelling truth, interwoven through past memories and her present day making-of-memories to leave behind as her legacy to her loving family, trul
In the tradition of Brain on Fire and When Breath Becomes Air, Gerda Saunders' Memory's Last Breath is an unsparing, beautifully written memoir - a true-life Still Alice that captures Saunders' experience as a fiercely intellectual person living with the knowledge that her brain is betraying her. Written in a distinctive voice without a trace of self-pity, Memory's Last Breath is a remarkable, aphorism-free contribution to the literature of dementia - and an eye-opening personal memoir that will grip all adventurous listeners.. She writes about shopping trips cut short by unintentional shoplifting, car journeys derailed when she loses her bearings, and the embarrassment of forgetting what she has just said to a room of colleagues. Based on the "field notes" she keeps in her journal, Memory's Last Breath is Saunders' astonishing window into a lif