Losing My Mind: An Intimate Look at Life With Alzheimer's - Couverture rigide

Debaggio, Thomas

 
9780743205658: Losing My Mind: An Intimate Look at Life With Alzheimer's
Couverture rigide
ISBN 10 : 0743205650 ISBN 13 : 9780743205658
Editeur : The Free Press, 2002

Synopsis

Book by DeBaggio Thomas

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Présentation de l'éditeur

"We are foolish, those of us who think we can escape the traps of aging," writes Tom DeBaggio. "I was one of them, dreaming of a perfect and healthy old age....Now, at fifty-eight, I realize the foolishness of my dreams as I watch my brain self-destruct from Alzheimer's." Losing My Mind is DeBaggio's extraordinary account of his early onset Alzheimer's, a disease that "silently hollows the brain" and slowly "gobbles memory and destroys life." But with DeBaggio's curse came an unexpected blessing: the ability to chart the mechanics and musings of his failing mind.
Whether describing the happy days of his youth or lamenting over the burden his disease has placed upon his loved ones, DeBaggio manages to inspire the reader with his ability to function, to think, and ultimately to survive. By turns an autobiography, a medical history, and a book of meditations, Losing My Mind is a testament to the splendor of memory and a triumphant celebration of the human spirit.

Revue de presse

David Shenk author of The Forgetting Terrifying, invigorating, and life-affirming. We owe Tom DeBaggio a debt for his tireless curiosity.

Teresa Weaver The Atlanta Journal-Constitution A brave, disturbing, immensely personal story...the insights are so pure, so startling, it's a remarkable offering.

Chicago Tribune Poetic and funny, painful and poignant....Losing My Mind is a haunting, enlightening work.

Robert Lee Hotz Los Angeles Times DeBaggio vividly articulates the profound shock and despair of one person in the early stages of Alzheimer's disease. It is a story made all the more compelling because that person is himself.

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Éditeur
The Free Press
Date d'édition
2002
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0743205650
ISBN 13 
9780743205658
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
207
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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