Strange Relation: A Memoir of Marriage, Dementia, and Poetry
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| Rating | : | 4.30 (627 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1589880617 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 204 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-08-27 |
| Language | : | English |
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Within the cloudy confines of those difficult years, years when reading and writing were an essential part of what kept her going, she "tried to keep track…tried to tell the truth.""If only all doctors and nurses and social workers who care for the chronically ill could read this book. Beautifully written, totally engrossing, and very sad."—Lydia Davis"Strange Relation is a deeply moving, deeply personal, beautifully written exploration of how the power of grief can be met with the power of literature, and how solace can be found in the space between them."—Frank Huyler"A poignant memoir of love, creativity and human vulnerability. She co-edited the anthology The Greek Poets: Homer to the Present. Instead, Hadas uses literature to chart a course through wrenching complexities. She is the author of many books, including The River of Forgetfulness, Laws, Indelible, and Halfway Down the Hall: New & Selected Poems. This lauded and exceptional poet shows how language itself, the very thing her husband loses, became her shield as she crossed the ravaged lands of decision-making, making new discoveries, new friends, and new sense of the world. Strange Relation snaps with bravery, intelligence, and Hadas' tart, candid wisdom."—Molly Peacock"Strange Relation is a beautifully written and piercingly honest account of life with
What is dementia like and what is it like to care for someone with dementia Eleanor H. George Edwards, a music professor and composer, was diagnosed with dementia at the age of 61. In this book, his wife, Rachel Hadas, describes the man she fell in love with; the period when she began to realize, initially on a subconscious level, that someth. A Gripping Narrative with Deep Reflections I have, thank goodness, never had the experience that Rachel Hadas describes so compellingly in this gripping book, and I hope never to have anything like it. But her book--memoir, scientific analysis, literary criticism, daily diary--reminds all of us what. Elderly said A Great Consolation. The author, Rachel Hadas, wrote about the same thing I am living through in dealing with a husband who has dementia. It was a great consolation for me to find that she had the same mixed feelings of love for him and guilt for wanting someone else to take ov
If only patients and family members stricken with such losses could receive what this book can give them. The art achieves the dual life of the universal and the particular, marking it as timeless, making it for us all necessary."—Rita Charon, MD, PhD, Program in Narrative Medicine, Columbia University"Strange Relation is a deeply moving, deeply personal, beautifully written exploration of how the power of grief can be met with the power of literature, and how solace can be found in the space between them."—Frank Huyler"A poignant memoir of love, creativity and human vulnerability. Praise for Rachel Hadas and Strange Relation"Rachel Hadas's own wonderfully resonant poems, along with the rich collection of verse and prose by other writers that she weaves into her story, clarify and illuminate over and over again this thoughtful and lucid tale of love, companionship, and heartbreaking illnes