Memory's Last Breath: Field Notes on My Dementia (Compact Disc)

Memory's Last Breath: Field Notes on My Dementia By Gerda Saunders (Read by), Edita Brychta (Read by) Cover Image

Memory's Last Breath: Field Notes on My Dementia (Compact Disc)

By Gerda Saunders (Read by), Edita Brychta (Read by)

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"For anyone facing dementia, Saunders'] words are truly enlightening.... Inspiring lessons about living and thriving with dementia."---Maria Shriver, NBC's Today ShowA "courageous and singular book" (Andrew Solomon), Memory's Last Breath is an unsparing, beautifully written memoir--"an intimate, revealing account of living with dementia" (Shelf Awareness).Based on the "field notes" she keeps in her journal, Memory's Last Breath is Gerda Saunders' astonishing window into a life distorted by dementia. 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. Coping with the complications of losing short-term memory, Saunders, a former university professor, nonetheless embarks on a personal investigation of the brain and its mysteries, examining science and literature, and immersing herself in vivid memories of her childhood in South Africa.
Product Details ISBN: 9781478949923
ISBN-10: 1478949929
Publisher: Hachette Books
Publication Date: June 13th, 2017
Language: English