My Father's Brain: Life in the Shadow of Alzheimer's
By: Sandeep Jauhar
4.14
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
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1. The 36-Hour Day: A Family Guide to Caring for People with Alzheimer Disease, Other Dementias, and Memory Loss in Later Life
By: Peter V. Rabins , Nancy L. Mace
3.79
Format: 223 pages, Paperback
Revised in 2006 for its twenty-fifth anniversary, this best-selling book is the "bible" for familie… read more
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2. Memory's Last Breath: Field Notes on My Dementia
By: None
3.44
Format: None pages, Hardcover
In the tradition of Brain on Fireand When Breath Becomes Air, Gerda Saunders' Memory's Last Breathi… read more
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3. After Annie
By: Anna Quindlen
4.03
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
When Annie Brown dies suddenly, her husband, her four young children and her closest friend are lef… read more
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4. A Living Remedy: A Memoir
By: Nicole Chung
4.01
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
A searing memoir of family, class and grief—a daughter’s search to understand the lives her adoptiv… read more
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"How do you learn to cherish yourself, your life, when grief has made it unrecognizable? I am starting to feel that we do so not by trying to fill a void that can never be filled but by living as best…"-Nicole Chung, A Living Remedy: A Memoir
5. Somehow: Thoughts on Love
By: Anne Lamott
3.95
Format: 204 pages, Hardcover
From the bestselling author of Dusk, Night, Dawn and Help, Thanks, Wow , a joyful celebration of lo… read more
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"I don’t know"-Anne Lamott, Somehow: Thoughts on Love
"…nobody in isolation becomes who they were designed to be."-Anne Lamott, Somehow: Thoughts on Love
"Sometimes it all just sucks, as Jesus says somewhere in the Gospels (although off the top of my head I can’t recall chapter and verse."-Anne Lamott, Somehow: Thoughts on Love
"When I first got sober, a man told me that upon waking every morning, instead of reciting the standard flowery recovery prayer, he said, “Whatever,“ and at night when he turned off his lights to go t…"-Anne Lamott, Somehow: Thoughts on Love
6. Code Gray: Death, Life, and Uncertainty in the ER
By: Farzon A. Nahvi
3.92
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
Code Gray is a “provocative and meaningful” (Theresa Brown, New York Times bestselling author of He… read more
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7. The Best Minds: A Story of Friendship, Madness, and the Tragedy of Good Intentions
By: Jonathan Rosen
4.07
Format: 576 pages, Hardcover
“Brave and nuanced…an act of tremendous compassion and a literary triumph.” — The New York Times … read more
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"It's true I didn't love the job, but I did want the money. If I was too incompetent for ordinary work, I would have to do something extraordinary or face destruction."-Jonathan Rosen, The Best Minds: A Story of Friendship, Madness, and the Tragedy of Good Intentions
"Money had replaced community mental healthcare the way medication had replaced state hospitals. Medication did not go looking for those who resisted taking it, and money could not administer itself. …"-Jonathan Rosen, The Best Minds: A Story of Friendship, Madness, and the Tragedy of Good Intentions
8. A Fatal Inheritance: How a Family Misfortune Revealed a Deadly Medical Mystery
By: Lawrence Ingrassia
4.41
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
Weaving his own moving family story with a sweeping history of cancer research, Lawrence Ingrassia … read more
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9. Chasing Bright Medusas: A Life of Willa Cather
By: Benjamin Taylor
3.73
Format: 192 pages, Hardcover
A tender biography of one of the greatest authors of the twentieth century and an elegant explorati… read more
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10. Random Acts of Medicine: The Hidden Forces That Sway Doctors, Impact Patients, and Shape Our Health
By: Anupam B. Jena
3.68
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
Does timing, circumstance, or luck impact your health care? This groundbreaking book reveals the hi… read more
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11. My Father's Brain: Life in the Shadow of Alzheimer's
By: Sandeep Jauhar
4.14
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
“Blending the humor, compassion, and absorbing family drama of first-rate memoir with expert scienc… read more
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12. Travelers to Unimaginable Lands: Stories of Dementia, the Caregiver, and the Human Brain
By: Dasha Kiper
4.19
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
These “moving and often surprising” ( The Wall Street Journal ) case histories meld science and sto… read more
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13. Floating in the Deep End: How Caregivers Can See Beyond Alzheimer's
By: Patti Davis
4.26
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
With the heartfelt prose of a loving daughter, Patti Davis provides a life raft for the caregivers … read more
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14. Fi: A Memoir of My Son
By: Alexandra Fuller
4.01
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
“Fair to say, I was in a ribald state the summer before my fiftieth birthday.” And so begins Alexan… read more
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"...time is only as dense as the thoughts that you push through it."-Alexandra Fuller, Fi: A Memoir of My Son
"You can give your child anything. You can give him his life, even, but not yours. And you can't give him his life back, once lost."-Alexandra Fuller, Fi: A Memoir of My Son
"The way a pilot sees wind in clouds or a sailor reads currents in water, I look unconsciously for stories to remind me where I am, to remind me that whatever I'm going through, millions have been her…"-Alexandra Fuller, Fi: A Memoir of My Son
"One of millions of mothers to have lost a child every year, fifteen thousand a day. If none of us suffered, where would we be? Without wise women is where; suffering brings wisdom. So, a gift, this s…"-Alexandra Fuller, Fi: A Memoir of My Son
15. In My Time of Dying: How I Came Face to Face with the Idea of an Afterlife
By: Sebastian Junger
3.92
Format: 176 pages, Hardcover
A near-fatal health emergency leads to this powerful reflection on death—and what might follow—by t… read more
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"Everyone has a relationship with death whether they want one or not; refusing to think about death is its own kind of relationship. When we hear about another person's death, we are hearing a version…"-Sebastian Junger, In My Time of Dying: How I Came Face to Face with the Idea of an Afterlife
16. 2020: One City, Seven People, and the Year Everything Changed
By: Eric Klinenberg
3.88
Format: 464 pages, Hardcover
A renowned sociologist and bestselling author examines a year of upheaval and conflict, showing how… read more
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17. On Call: A Doctor's Journey in Public Service
By: Anthony Fauci
4.59
Format: 464 pages, Hardcover
The memoir by the doctor who became a beacon of hope for millions through the COVID pandemic, and w… read more
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18. Third Girl from the Left
By: Christine Barker
4.32
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
As a middle child in a large military family, Christine just wants to dance. Her parents support he… read more
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19. Nearly Departed: Adventures in Loss, Cancer, and Other Inconveniences
By: Gila Pfeffer
4.55
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
How far would you go to save your own life? In this funny and heartfelt memoir, Gila Pfeffer recoun… read more
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20. This Ordinary Stardust: A Scientist's Path from Grief to Wonder
By: Alan Townsend
4.22
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
A compassionate, vulnerable, and transformative exploration of the nurturing and spiritual power of… read more
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21. Us, After: A Memoir of Love and Suicide
By: Rachel Zimmerman
4.41
Format: 256 pages, Paperback
"This poignant, soul-baring memoir is truly one of the most moving accounts of grief, loss and resi… read more
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