Looking Into Your Voice: The Poetic and Eccentric Realities of Alzheimer's
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| Rating | : | 4.81 (969 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0981378676 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 84 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-10-12 |
| Language | : | English |
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Professor Theatre, Peck School of the Arts; developed the TimeSlips creative storytelling method.The questions posed by this book are brilliant--they are questions that many people would never think to ask anyone else, let alone someone with Alzheimer's, but they are the ones that are most important. MITTELMAN DrPH, Director, Psychosocial Research and Support, Center of Excellence on Brain Aging; Research Professor, Department of Psychiatry, NYU Langone School of Medicine; co-author, Counseling the Alzheimer's Caregiver: A Resource for Healthcare Professionals (AMA Press)This book is living proof of the inventiveness and profundity of one individual with dementia. Brav
"Cathie Borrie Goes For The Heart In LOOKING INTO YOUR VOICE" according to Cyrus Webb. Through a series of poignant conversations between mother and daughter, author Cathie Borrie gives us a unique look at what it's like to not only live with Alzheimers but look beyond it as well. LOOKING INTO YOUR VOICE shares dialogue that is both powerful and haunting as it gets to the heart of what we see, feel and truly understand about the human spirit.Cathie takes what could be seen as a dismal time and allows the reader to delve into the beauty and majesty of the most simple of conversations. The key to really understand what she has done with this book and THE LONG HELLO is to r
This beautiful poem of a book, looking into your voice the poetic and eccentric realities of Alzheimer's, is a collection of conversations offering alternative and beautiful insights into the Alzheimer's mind. It includes many tender, moving, and happy childhood stories.. This family memoir is also intended for readers interested in the quirks of memory and in the universal themes of loss, love, divorce, and the meaning in suffering. The mother's voice weaves throughout the memoir with insight, humor and an astonishing poetic sensibility, challenging the negative stereotypes pervasive in the current and often limiting geography of dementia. Celebrating the revelatory eloquence of the altered realities of dementia, these vignettes are also included in Cathie Borrie's lyrical memoir, The Long Hello which chronicles and cherishes the relationship between a mother and daughter over a seven-year period as the mother's mind transforms and her dementia increases