Description:For anyone with interest in Alzheimer's and/or dementia, this book is a must read. An intimate novel of an eighty-year old women spending the last years of her life at the Institute of the Immaculate Heart of Mary. The problems she must face are as different as they are unexpected from anything one can imagine in the 'outside' world, not the least of which is her husband's gradual deterioration under the unforgiving progression of Alzheimer's disease. As we follow the inevitable loss of her own faculties, we discover what unexpected compensations nature offers to those whom no one else can help. Surprisingly, the book is spiced with abundant humour...."A moving story of the final years of a Polish émigrée's life, The Gate draws you in with subtlety, wit, compassion and faith. An intriguing and captivating look at the last sixty years of western culture that holds you even though we all know how her story is going to end." (Bryn Symonds, writer, Canada)"This beautiful nostalgic, sometimes humorous, memoir of Mrs. Kordos's life as she slowly slips into her own world is a book not to be missed. Truly remarkable!" (Madeleine Whitthoeft, Pointe Claire, Quebec)."The Gate is a thought-provoking experience whose characters represent fleeting fragments of what we see in ourselves." (Adam Goldman, writer, Montreal)More about the book at http://stanlaw.ca/gate.htmlWe have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Gate — Things my Mother told me.. To get started finding The Gate — Things my Mother told me., you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.
Description: For anyone with interest in Alzheimer's and/or dementia, this book is a must read. An intimate novel of an eighty-year old women spending the last years of her life at the Institute of the Immaculate Heart of Mary. The problems she must face are as different as they are unexpected from anything one can imagine in the 'outside' world, not the least of which is her husband's gradual deterioration under the unforgiving progression of Alzheimer's disease. As we follow the inevitable loss of her own faculties, we discover what unexpected compensations nature offers to those whom no one else can help. Surprisingly, the book is spiced with abundant humour...."A moving story of the final years of a Polish émigrée's life, The Gate draws you in with subtlety, wit, compassion and faith. An intriguing and captivating look at the last sixty years of western culture that holds you even though we all know how her story is going to end." (Bryn Symonds, writer, Canada)"This beautiful nostalgic, sometimes humorous, memoir of Mrs. Kordos's life as she slowly slips into her own world is a book not to be missed. Truly remarkable!" (Madeleine Whitthoeft, Pointe Claire, Quebec)."The Gate is a thought-provoking experience whose characters represent fleeting fragments of what we see in ourselves." (Adam Goldman, writer, Montreal)More about the book at http://stanlaw.ca/gate.htmlWe have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Gate — Things my Mother told me.. To get started finding The Gate — Things my Mother told me., you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.