Launch of Gerda’s memoir, MEMORY’S LAST BREATH, June 22, 2017 @ 7 pm. , The King’s English, 1511 South 1500 East, Salt Lake City
While we bibliophilic locals dont’ need an introduction to The King’s English, it is still nice to see that is is known far and wide and even features on TripAdvisor (the source of the photo above.) Here is one of many recommendations: “The King’s English is what a bookstore should be: welcoming and homey, eclectic […]
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Field Notes on My Dementia
When I turned 61 in 2011, I was diagnosed with cerebral microvascular disease, a precursor of dementia. Since retiring from my job as the associate director of Gender Studies at the University of Utah
When I turned 61 in 2011, I was diagnosed with cerebral microvascular disease, a precursor of dementia. Since retiring from my job as the associate director of Gender Studies at the University of Utah soon after my diagnosis, I completed a memoir, MEMORY’S LAST BREATH: FIELD NOTES ON MY DEMENTIA, which is forthcoming from Hachette Books in June 2017. But dementia does not hold still. Like anyone with a degenerative brain disease, I continue to dement every day, never done until I die. Every time my brain suffers an additional insult, I have less brain power to puzzle out my remaining “self.” There will come a time when I don’t care or don’t know who I am. Until then, though, I hope to maintain this website with the help of my saintly and tech-savvy husband, Peter.
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