Olivia Rosenthal
Författare till To Leave with the Reindeer
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Taggad
Allmänna fakta
- Födelsedag
- 1965
- Kön
- female
- Nationalitet
- France
- Födelseort
- Paris, France
- Priser och utmärkelser
- Candide Preis (2009)
Medlemmar
Recensioner
Priser
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Statistik
- Verk
- 13
- Medlemmar
- 110
- Popularitet
- #176,729
- Betyg
- 3.3
- Recensioner
- 4
- ISBN
- 27
- Språk
- 3
Chapters that reflect the repetitious thoughts of Mt T are interspersed with a short history of the discovery of the disease and the medical effects on sufferers, but they are written in simple chatty format that are interesting rather than informative. There are also thoughts expressed by the wife and family of Mr T. and questions for the reader set apart on otherwise blank pages for example:
An exercise for you
Imagine that you can erase from your memory a person close to you with all those events in which you were involved. Who would you chose?
Questions like this are designed to demonstrate to the reader what it might be like for Alzheimer victims. The book lightly touches on the events in Mr T's family life with some thoughts that the disease can be hereditary and how family members (Mr T had three daughters) may react to this information. The most affecting chapters are those focusing on the carers: in this case Mr T's second wife; she feels like a prisoner locked in the house with her husband who fails to recognise her.
The book will not be much comfort for anybody caring for a victim of Alzheimers, but it may enlighten those who have no direct experience of it. I cared for an aunt who was a sufferer and the book reflects some of the issues involved. There is a test that you can do online which I hastily took just to be sure, it did lead me to think on the risks of entering a relationship later in life, however Alzheimers might be the least of ones concerns. I thought the fragmented style of the book was effective and so 4 stars.… (mer)