{"product_id":"the-geography-of-memory-a-pilgrimage-through-alzheimers-hardcover","title":"The Geography of Memory: A Pilgrimage Through Alzheimer's - Hardcover","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\u003eJeanne Murray Walker\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAward-winning poet Jeanne Murray Walker tells an extraordinarily wise, witty, and quietly wrenching tale of her mother's long passage into dementia. This powerful story explores parental love, profound grief, and the unexpected consolation of memory. While Walker does not flinch from the horrors of \"the ugly twins, aging and death,\" her eye for the apt image provides a window into unexpected joy and humor even during the darkest days. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis is a multi-layered narrative of generations, faith, and friendship. As Walker leans in to the task of caring for her mother, their relationship unexpectedly deepens and becomes life-giving. Her mother's memory, which more and more dwells in the distant past, illuminates Walker's own childhood. She rediscovers and begins to understand her own past, as well as to enter more fully into her mother's final years. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Geography of Memory\u003c\/i\u003e is not only a personal journey made public in the most engaging, funny, and revealing way possible, here is a story of redemption for anyone who is caring for or expecting to care for ill and aging parents-and for all the rest of us as well.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJeanne Murray Walker\u003c\/b\u003e's poems and essays have appeared in many periodicals, including \u003ci\u003ePoetry\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eGeorgia Review, American Poetry Review, Image\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eAtlantic Monthly\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eBest American Poetry\u003c\/i\u003e. Among her awards are an NEA Fellowship, eight Pennsylvania Council on the Arts Fellowships, a Prairie-Schooner Glenna Luschei Prize, and a Pew Fellowship in The Arts. She is Professor of English at The University of Delaware as well as a mentor in the Seattle Pacific University Low Residency MFA Program. In her spare time Jeanne aspires to garden, to cook, to travel, and to read novels.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 384\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.4 x 8.3 x 5.8 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 03, 2013\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47592467300605,"sku":"9781455544981","price":47.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/3414\/0157\/files\/Q0pUVFFJUXdoVlZURG1TbUZKT0oxdz09.webp?v=1779962072","url":"https:\/\/booktolia.com\/products\/the-geography-of-memory-a-pilgrimage-through-alzheimers-hardcover","provider":"booktolia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}