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Memory's last breath : field notes on my dementia / Gerda Saunders. by Saunders, Gerda. Hachette Books, 2017. Call #: 362.196831 S257m Subjects Saunders, Gerda -- Mental health.   Dementia -- Patients -- Biography.   Alzheimer's disease -- Patients -- Biography. ISBN:  9780316502627 (hc.) Edition:  First edition. Description:  xi, 272 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm. Bibliography:  Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-272). Summary:  Based on the "field notes" she keeps in her journal, 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 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. In 1996 she received a PhD in English from the University of Utah. Saunders is the author of the short story collection Blessings on the Sheep Dog. Visit her Dementia Field Notes blog: gerdasaunders.com/blog Genre:  Memoirs. Holds:  0   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Item type Status   Central Library Adult Nonfiction 362.196831 S257m Adult books Checked in Add Copy to MyList

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