Memory's last breath : field notes on my dementia / Gerda Saunders.
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 literature, and immersing herself in vivid memories of her childhood in South Africa.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780316502627
- ISBN: 0316502626
- Physical Description: xi, 272 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 22 cm
- Edition: First edition
- Publisher: New York : Hachette Books, 2017.
- Copyright: ©2017
Content descriptions
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | Telling who I am before I forget -- Quantum puff adders and fractional memories -- The grammar of the disappearing self -- This is your brain on the fritz -- Of madness and love I -- Of madness and love II -- Makeovers in extremis -- The exit that dare not say its name. |
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| Subject: | Saunders, Gerda > Mental health. Dementia > Patients > Biography. Alzheimer's disease > Patients > Biography. |
| Genre: | Autobiographies. |
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- 22 of 23 copies available at NC Cardinal. (Show)
- 1 of 1 copy available at Iredell County Public Library.
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- 0 current holds with 23 total copies.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Statesville Main Library | B SAUNDERS SAU (Text) | 33114017940883 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
