A Life Embalmed |
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| Author:
| Ivy, M. |
| Editor:
| Editors, Open |
| ISBN: | 978-1-4909-2085-6 |
| Publication Date: | Sep 2013 |
| Publisher: | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $4.99 |
Book Description:
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A collection of poetry chronicling the deterioration of a parent due to Alzheimer's disease. This disease attacks the brain, leaving a dual person, a once normally functioning person that can no longer survive in day to day life. Caring for and watching a loved one struggle daily with this illness forces you to look your own mortality in the eyes. You see the frailty of the world around you, the uncertainty that laces our everyday lives. Their world is no longer theirs, your world is...
More DescriptionA collection of poetry chronicling the deterioration of a parent due to Alzheimer's disease. This disease attacks the brain, leaving a dual person, a once normally functioning person that can no longer survive in day to day life. Caring for and watching a loved one struggle daily with this illness forces you to look your own mortality in the eyes. You see the frailty of the world around you, the uncertainty that laces our everyday lives. Their world is no longer theirs, your world is no longer yours. You merge into a life of purgatory where you both sit waiting for the inevitable, hoping for it and denouncing it all at once. Somewhere in between it all you tightly grasp at faith hoping it's enough to pull you through.