In this scrupulously researched, multilayered account, the author explores treatments for Alzheimer's, but also looks back through history, showing how the disease most likely afflicted such figures as Jonathan Swift, Ralph Waldo Emerson, and Willem de Kooning. "A graceful, masterful portrait of an illness."--"Los Angeles Times."
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In this scrupulously researched, multilayered account, the author explores treatments for Alzheimer's, but also looks back through history, showing how the disease most likely afflicted such figures as Jonathan Swift, Ralph Waldo Emerson, and Willem de Kooning. "A graceful, masterful portrait of an illness."--"Los Angeles Times."
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Although, I have not finished reading the book as yet, it is very informative and helps one to realize how seriously degrading this horrible disease truly is. I would recommend that anyone dealing with a loved one with this disease, read this book to help understand all that is happening.
sd6161
Sep 11, 2007
Thank You; even as the struggle goes on:
When David Shenk accepted the task of writing The Forgetting: Alzheimer's: Portrait of an Epidemic, he (so speaking) joined millions of families struggling to fight a disease for which there is no cure and inconsiderable hope. What he offers in The Forgetting ranges from empathy, explanation of data and facts, descriptive examples of stage progression and the ways inwhich the disease will seize individuals of themselves. The outstanding quality of his book begins with presentation (including Shakespeare quotation) and is carried through with a tranquility that offers a precise balance of empathy and structured information essential for caregivers.