Losing My Mind: An Intimate Look at Life With Alzheimer's (Thorndike Press Large Print Senior Lifestyles Series) - Hardcover

Debaggio, Thomas

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0786243767 ISBN 13: 9780786243761

Publisher: Thorndike Pr, 2002

Synopsis

At once an autobiography, a medical history, and a testament to the beauty of memory, a writer diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease a few months after his 57th birthday depicts the joys of life and how one can take them for granted.

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Review:

Robert Lee Hotz

"Los Angeles Times"

DeBaggio vividly articulates the profound shock and despair of one person in the early stages of Alzheimer's disease. It is a story made all the more compelling because that person is himself.

"Chicago Tribune"Poetic and funny, painful and poignant...."Losing My Mind" is a haunting, enlightening work.

David Shenkauthor of "The Forgetting"Terrifying, invigorating, and life-affirming. We owe Tom DeBaggio a debt for his tireless curiosity.

Teresa Weaver"The Atlanta Journal-Constitution"A brave, disturbing, immensely personal story...the insights are so pure, so startling, it's a remarkable offering.

Robert Lee Hotz"Los Angeles Times"DeBaggio vividly articulates the profound shock and despair of one person in the early stages of Alzheimer's disease. It is a story made all the more compelling because that person is himself.

Teresa Weaver "The Atlanta Journal-Constitution" A brave, disturbing, immensely personal story...the insights are so pure, so startling, it's a remarkable offering.

"Chicago Tribune" Poetic and funny, painful and poignant...."Losing My Mind" is a haunting, enlightening work.

David Shenk author of "The Forgetting" Terrifying, invigorating, and life-affirming. We owe Tom DeBaggio a debt for his tireless curiosity.

Robert Lee Hotz "Los Angeles Times" DeBaggio vividly articulates the profound shock and despair of one person in the early stages of Alzheimer's disease. It is a story made all the more compelling because that person is himself.

David Shenk author of The Forgetting Terrifying, invigorating, and life-affirming. We owe Tom DeBaggio a debt for his tireless curiosity.

About the Author:

Thomas DeBaggio, recently a full-time commercial herb grower, worked in daily newspapers in the late 1960s and early '70s, in Washington, D.C., and Wilmington, Delaware. He is the author of Growing Herbs from Seed, Cutting and Root, of Basil: An Herb Lover's Guide with Susan Belsinger, and of The Big Book of Herbs with Arthur O. Tucker. He lives in Arlington, Virginia, with his wife.

About this edition

• Publisher: Thorndike Pr
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0786243767
• ISBN 13: 9780786243761
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 350