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Memory's Last Breath : Field Notes on My Dementia by Gerda Saunders [SAUNDERS, GERDA] is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is Memory's Last Breath : Field Notes on My Dementia about?
In the tradition of Brain on Fire and When Breath Becomes Air, Gerda Saunders' Memory's Last Breath is an unsparing, beautifully written memoir—a true-life Still Alice that captures Saunders' experience as a fiercely intellectual person living with the knowledge that her brain is betraying her. Saunders' book is uncharted territory in the writing on dementia, a diagnosis one in nine Americans will receive.Based on the "field notes" she keeps in her journal, Memory's Last Breath is 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...
Who reads Memory's Last Breath : Field Notes on My Dementia?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Gerda Saunders [SAUNDERS, GERDA]
- Publisher
- Hachette Books
- Published
- 2017
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780316502634
- Category
- nonfiction
- Subjects
- Memoir, Health & Fitness, Family & Relationships
- Rating
- 3.64 / 5 (146 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
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