01622cam a2200313 i 4500 324150450 TxAuBib 20170915120000.0 170411s2017||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2017003005 9780316502627 hardback $27.00 0316502626 hardback $27.00 (OCoLC)960294165 TxAuBib rda Saunders, Gerda,. Memory's last breath : field notes on my dementia / Gerda Saunders. First edition. New York : Hachette Books, 2017. xi, 272 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Based on the "field notes" she keeps in her journal, Memory's Last Breath is Saunders' astonishing window into a life distorted by dementia. She writes about shopping trips cut short by unintentional shoplifting, car journeys derailed when she loses her bearings, and the embarrassment of forgetting what she has just said to a room of colleagues. Coping with the complications of losing short-term memory, Saunders nonetheless embarks on a personal investigation of the brain and its mysteries, examining science and literature, and immersing herself in vivid memories of her childhood in South Africa. 20170915. Saunders, Gerda, Mental health. Dementia Patients Biography. Alzheimer's disease Patients Biography. TXRUB