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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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This first-person account of Alzheimer's ties several powerful stories together. Losing My Mind blends personal history with the fear and pain of developing the disease at the age of 57; it is both a sadly fascinating account of Alzheimer's progression and an attempt for the writer to remember his past before it is gone for good.
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While his history is recounted in chronological order, these memories--of his childhood; marriage to his wife, Joyce; their years in writing and politics; his passion for herbs and the growing of a successful business--are interspersed with unrelated musings on everything from his cat's sudden deafness to losing his wallet. Clips from articles on Alzheimer's research are sprinkled around, and statistics like the $174,000 that a patient spends on the disease over a lifetime are sobering. Throughout the book, he clearly speaks of his diagnosis as a "sentence"; the lack of a cure is dwelt on in many sections, and a story about an accidental overdose of his prescriptions is particularly grim.
This is not a book that supplies any "power of positive thinking" messages, but instead shows the daily struggle of a man coming to terms with a terrible disease. Poignant and thoughtful, DeBaggio's life will hold meaning for anyone who has been touched by Alzheimer's. --Jill Lightner
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.
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- PublisherThorndike Pr
- Publication date2002
- ISBN 10 0786243767
- ISBN 13 9780786243761
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages350
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