{"product_id":"death-in-slow-motion-a-memoir-of-a-daughter-her-mother-and-the-beast-called-alzheimers-paperback","title":"Death in Slow Motion: A Memoir of a Daughter, Her Mother, and the Beast Called Alzheimer's - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eEleanor Cooney\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA raw, unsentimental and passionately written memoir about trying to care for a parent with Alzheimer's\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen her once-glamorous and witty novelist-mother got Alzheimer's, Eleanor Cooney moved her from her beloved Connecticut home to California in order to care for her. In tense, searing prose, punctuated with the blackest of humor, Cooney documents the slow erosion of her mother's mind, the powerful bond the two shared, and her own descent into drink and despair.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut the coping mechanism that finally serves this eloquent writer best is writing, the ability to bring to vivid life the memories her mother is losing. As her mother gropes in the gathering darkness for a grip on the world she once loved, succeeding only in conjuring sad fantasies of places and times with her late husband, Cooney revisits their true past. Death in Slow Motion becomes the mesmerizing story of Eleanor's actual childhood, straight out of the pages of John Cheever; the daring and vibrant mother she remembers; and a time that no longer exists for either of them.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is a story told with the searing honesty and dark humor that can only come from a love tested to its limits.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eA Caregiver's Story: \u003c\/b\u003e Eleanor moves her once-vibrant novelist mother from Connecticut to California, only to find herself descending into her own despair as she confronts the daily realities of Alzheimer's.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eUnflinching Honesty: \u003c\/b\u003e This is not a sentimental story. Cooney confronts the slow, brutal erosion of her mother's mind--and her own sanity--with raw, searing prose that refuses to look away.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eDark Humor: \u003c\/b\u003e Find moments of unexpected, pitch-black comedy in the absurdity and heartbreak of a disease that turns a once-witty woman into a stranger in her own life.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eA Vanished World: \u003c\/b\u003e As her mother's memories fade, the author brings to life their actual past--a childhood straight out of John Cheever and a daring, brilliant woman who no longer exists.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen her once-glamorous and witty novelist-mother got Alzheimer's, Eleanor Cooney moved her from her beloved Connecticut home to California in order to care for her. In tense, searing prose, punctuated with the blackest of humor, Cooney documents the slow erosion of her mother's mind, the powerful bond the two shared, and her own descent into drink and despair.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut the coping mechanism that finally serves this eloquent writer best is writing, the ability to bring to vivid life the memories her mother is losing. As her mother gropes in the gathering darkness for a grip on the world she once loved, succeeding only in conjuring sad fantasies of places and times with her late husband, Cooney revisits their true past. Death in Slow Motion becomes the mesmerizing story of Eleanor's actual childhood, straight out of the pages of John Cheever; the daring and vibrant mother she remembers; and a time that no longer exists for either of them.\u003c\/p\u003e--\u003cem\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/em\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen her once-glamorous and witty novelist-mother got Alzheimer's, Eleanor Cooney moved her from her beloved Connecticut home to California in order to care for her. In tense, searing prose, punctuated with the blackest of humor, Cooney documents the slow erosion of her mother's mind, the powerful bond the two shared, and her own descent into drink and despair.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut the coping mechanism that finally serves this eloquent writer best is writing, the ability to bring to vivid life the memories her mother is losing. As her mother gropes in the gathering darkness for a grip on the world she once loved, succeeding only in conjuring sad fantasies of places and times with her late husband, Cooney revisits their true past. Death in Slow Motion becomes the mesmerizing story of Eleanor's actual childhood, straight out of the pages of John Cheever; the daring and vibrant mother she remembers; and a time that no longer exists for either of them.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 272\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.66 x 8.02 x 5.24 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 17, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47484476260530,"sku":"9780060937973","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/iTOE8lQwgc9780060937973.webp?v=1781182837","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/death-in-slow-motion-a-memoir-of-a-daughter-her-mother-and-the-beast-called-alzheimers-paperback","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}