{"product_id":"finding-life-in-the-land-of-alzheimers-one-daughters-hopeful-story-paperback","title":"Finding Life in the Land of Alzheimer's: One Daughter's Hopeful Story - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eLauren Kessler\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"An excellent book...an emotional and ruminative anchor...She leaves her readers with hope.\"-- San Francisco Chronicle\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eOne journalist's riveting and surprisingly hopeful in-the-trenches view of Alzheimer's\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Nearly five million people in the United States are living with Alzheimer's. Like many children of Alzheimer's sufferers, Lauren Kessler, an accomplished journalist, was devastated by the disease that seemed to erase her mother's identity even before claiming her life. But suppose people with Alzheimer's are not slates wiped blank. Suppose they experience friendship and loss, romance and jealousy, joy and sorrow? To better understand this debilitating condition, Kessler enlists as a bottom-of-the-rung caregiver at an Alzheimer's facility and learns lessons that challenge what we think we know about the disease. A compelling, clear-eyed, and emotionally resonant narrative, \u003ci\u003eFinding Life in the Land of Alzheimer's\u003c\/i\u003e offers a new optimistic look at what the disease can teach us and a much-needed tonic for those faced with providing care for someone they love. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePreviously published as \u003ci\u003eDancing With Rose.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eLauren Kessler is the author of six works of narrative nonfiction, including \u003ci\u003eRaising the Barre: Big Dreams, False Starts, and My Midlife Quest to Dance the Nutcracker, \u003c\/i\u003e the \u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e bestseller \u003ci\u003eClever Girl, \u003c\/i\u003e and the \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestseller \u003ci\u003eThe Happy Bottom Riding Club\u003c\/i\u003e. Her journalism has appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eO\u003c\/i\u003e magazine, and \u003ci\u003eThe Nation\u003c\/i\u003e. She directs the graduate program in literary nonfiction at the University of Oregon and lives in Eugene, Oregon.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 272\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.58 x 8.04 x 5.36 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 01, 2008\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51749687918880,"sku":"9780143113683","price":27.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/a87dec7f2ac19e574e4b6910db4f6747.webp?v=1779936288","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/finding-life-in-the-land-of-alzheimers-one-daughters-hopeful-story-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}