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Memory's Last Breath

2017-06-13 Family & Relationships
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Release : 2017-06-13
Genre : Family & Relationships
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Book Rating : 634/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis Memory's Last Breath by : Gerda Saunders

Download or read book Memory's Last Breath written by Gerda Saunders. This book was released on 2017-06-13. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A "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. "For anyone facing dementia, [Saunders'] words are truly enlightening . . . Inspiring lessons about living and thriving with dementia." -- Maria Shriver, NBC's Today Show

Last Breath

2007-08-07 Fiction
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Release : 2007-08-07
Genre : Fiction
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Book Rating : 255/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis Last Breath by : George D. Shuman

Download or read book Last Breath written by George D. Shuman. This book was released on 2007-08-07. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Following close on the heels of his celebrated debut 18 Seconds, George Shuman returns with yet another remarkable thriller featuring investigative consultant Sherry Moore -- a blind woman with an uncanny ability to view the final living moments of any dead body she encounters. A ruthless serial killer with an unthinkable MO has left a trail of tortured, murdered women in western Maryland and seems to have gone to ground in the backwoods of Pennsylvania. With no leads or any sign of a suspect, investigators must call on the now-famous blind psychic Sherry Moore, a woman whose talent inspires skepticism, but whose results are unparalleled. When she is put in contact with the hand of any dead body, she relives the memory of the departed's final experience. While investigating this case, she is privy to the most savage and terrifying scenes imaginable. However, because the killer is aware of her methods, he keeps his identity just beyond her reach until she resolves to put herself directly in harm's way. When the fiend sets his sights on Sherry, this seemingly helpless woman must demonstrate an almost inhuman strength of will and of body as she attempts to capture the deranged killer without having to pay the ultimate price in exchange. With Last Breath, George Shuman confirms his status as one of the most captivating thriller writers, and in Sherry Moore, he presents one of the most compellingly original protagonists the genre has ever seen.

Alzheimer’s Disease in Contemporary U.S. Fiction

2021-07-28 Literary Criticism
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Release : 2021-07-28
Genre : Literary Criticism
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Book Rating : 625/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis Alzheimer’s Disease in Contemporary U.S. Fiction by : Cristina Garrigós

Download or read book Alzheimer’s Disease in Contemporary U.S. Fiction written by Cristina Garrigós. This book was released on 2021-07-28. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume seeks to bring readers to a deeper understanding of contemporary cultural and social configurations of Alzheimer’s disease by analyzing 21st-century U.S. novels in which the disease plays a key narrative role. Via analysis of selected works, Garrigós considers how the erasure of memory in a person with Alzheimer’s affects our idea of the identity of that person and their sense of belonging to a group. Starting out from three different types of memory (individual, social and cultural), the study focuses on the narrative strategies that authors use to configure how the disease is perceived and represented. This study is significant not only because of what the texts reveal about those with Alzheimer’s, but also for what they say about us - about the authors and readers who are producing and consuming these texts, about how we see this disease, and what our attitudes to it say about contemporary U.S. society.

Memories

1891 United States
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Release : 1891
Genre : United States
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Book Synopsis Memories by : Fannie A. Beers

Download or read book Memories written by Fannie A. Beers. This book was released on 1891. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Smell, Memory, and Literature in the Black Country

2021-03-02 Language Arts & Disciplines
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Release : 2021-03-02
Genre : Language Arts & Disciplines
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Book Rating : 129/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis Smell, Memory, and Literature in the Black Country by : Sebastian Groes

Download or read book Smell, Memory, and Literature in the Black Country written by Sebastian Groes. This book was released on 2021-03-02. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From Banks’s brewery’s yeasty stink to groaty pudding to spicy curry, Sebastian Groes and R. M. Francis have assembled a new literary history of the smells and (childhood) memories that belong to the Black Country. This often overlooked region of the United Kingdom at the frontlines of post-industrial upheaval is a veritable treasure trove for studying the relationship between olfaction and place-specific memory. Smell, Memory, and Literature in the Black Country is an interdisciplinary exploration of the relationship between smell and memory in which the contributions consider both personal and communal memory. Drawing on psychology, neuroscience, memory studies, literary studies and philosophy, the critical essays reconsider psychogeography through cutting-edge sensory and philosophical engagements with physical space, smell, language and human behaviour. The creative contributions from writers including Liz Berry, Narinder Dhami, Anthony Cartwright, and Kerry Hadley-Pryce meditate on the senses, place, and identity. Not only does this book illustrate the rich cultural heritage of the Black Country, it will also appeal to those interested in place writing. The book is prefaced by Will Self.

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