"From the award-winning journalist and author, a lyrical, raw, and humane investigation of dementia that explores both the journey of the person who lives with the condition and that of their loved ones. Diagnosed with dementia, Nicci Gerrard's father, John, continued to live life on his own terms,
The last ocean : a journey through memory and forgetting
โ Scribed by Gerrard, Nicci, author
- Publisher
- New York : Penguin Press
- Year
- 2019
- Tongue
- English
- Category
- Library
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โฆ Synopsis
254 pages ; 22 cm
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