The Theft of Memory: Losing My Father, One Day at a Time
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| Rating | : | 4.73 (708 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0804140995 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 320 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-05-03 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
DeSalvo, who described to him in detail what was going through his mind while he was killing thirteen women. But The Theft of Memory is not primarily about a doctor’s public life. Now, in the most personal book of his career, he tells the story of his father’s life and work as a nationally noted specialist in disorders of the brain and his astonishing ability, at the onset of Alzheimer’s disease, to explain the causes of his sickness and then to narrate, step-by-step, his slow descent into dementia. Classically trained at Harvard and Johns Hopkins, he was an unusually intuitive clinician with a special gift for diagnosing interwoven elements of neurological and psychiatric illnesses in highly complicated and creative people. Dr. Harry Kozol was born in Boston in 1906. “Somehow,” the author says, “all those hours that we spent trying to fathom something that he wanted to express, or summon up a vivid piece of seemingly lost memory that still brought a smile to his eyes, left me with a deeper sense of intimate connection with my father than I’d ever felt before.&rdquo
JONATHAN KOZOL is the author of Death at an Early Age, Savage Inequalities, Amazing Grace, and other award-winning books about young children and their public schools.From the Hardcover edition.
This beautifully told personal account is further enriched by an abiding family love.” —Washington Post“PoignantLess about the loss of memory than the effort to create a testament to forgiveness and love.” —Boston Globe“HeartwarmingThe Theft of Memory celebrates the bond between father and son in thoughtful, often beautiful prose.” —Milwaukee Journal Sentinel“The author’s approach is shrewd yet warmly empathetic; he is curious about how the mind’s gradual breakdown exposes its machinery, and raptly attuned to the emotional effects of these changes on his parents and himself. A compassionate, cathartic, and searingly intimate chronicl
"It would have rated more stars except for, in my opinion, gross breach of patient confidentiality." according to C E Voigtsberger Jr. A touching story. I had several questions though.Why didn't he dump the doctor that was non-treating his father?Why does he feel it is okay to reveal his father's confidential notes concerning the O'Neil family? While as a writer, he may feel he is n. Great book My mother had got done reading this story. She said it was a really good book. She enjoyed reading page after page. She recommends it to all readers.. Memorable story Sandra Tender journey - thoughtfully delivered, a tough subject to consider.