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Uzun Veda (2009)

by Andrea Gillies(Favorite Author)

3.5 of 5 Votes: 6

languge

English

genre

Memoir & Autobiography

publisher

Derin

review 1: One of the best books about Alzheimer's and how it can devestate an entire family. I got a feeling of the day to day life of the caregiver and how it must be so hard to deal with in a home setting. Not only does the author deal with her mother in law who has Alheimer's, her father in law also lives with the family and his frustration at his own limitations is evident. I felt physically and emotionally drained after each chapter. One of the most realistic books about this condition/disease. I admire the honesty of the author. I recommend this book often, especially to my friends with who may encounter this situation one day soon.
review 2: Taking a break from the YA fantasy I've been reading (TA Barron's Merlin series), was looking for something meatier - and wa... mores really pleasantly surprised that this author not only vividly described the painful human experience of living with a loved one who is losing her mind, but also offered a reasonably technical description of the actual pathogenesis and pathology of Alzheimer's and a few other dementias. Having watched from a relatively safe distance one of my own extended family members suffer through the stages of this disease all the way through to complete loss of any human function, I can only imagine what it might have been like to be up close like this author - and I feel her pain from here. less

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