ISBN: 9798896361961 - our long goodbye: a daughter, a father, a best friend, and the journey through alzheimer's (2 resultados)

Paperback. Condición: new. Paperback. In this deeply emotional memoir, a grieving daughter bonds with her fathers best friend of eighty yearsand reconnects with her fatherthrough the stories her unlikely new friend shares with her.From the moment Teri Drobnicks father is diagnosed with Alzheimers, she feels like hes slipping away. As she grapples with an uncertain future and the steady erosion of his memory, Teri leans on Uncle Bobher dads best friend of eighty years. As Teri navigates the emotional limbo of caring for a parent with dementia, she and Uncle Bob, united by mutual grief, form a deeper bond from the stories he shares of his lifelong friendship with her father. Beginning with their boyhood during World War II, Uncle Bob recounts first dates, college at UC Berkeley, marriages, building a business, raising children, surviving loss. In the present, Teri confronts the anger, loneliness, and role reversal that accompany memory declinebut through tales of the past, she finds a way to reconnect with her father. With a narrative braided between past and present, Our Long Goodbye is a poignant love letter from a daughter to her father that explores anticipatory grief, enduring friendship, and the profound power of shared memory. In this deeply emotional memoir, a grieving daughter bonds with her fathers best friend of eighty years and reconnects with her father through the stories her unlikely new friend shares with her. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. …

Paperback. Condición: new. Paperback. In this deeply emotional memoir, a grieving daughter bonds with her fathers best friend of eighty yearsand reconnects with her fatherthrough the stories her unlikely new friend shares with her.From the moment Teri Drobnicks father is diagnosed with Alzheimers, she feels like hes slipping away. As she grapples with an uncertain future and the steady erosion of his memory, Teri leans on Uncle Bobher dads best friend of eighty years. As Teri navigates the emotional limbo of caring for a parent with dementia, she and Uncle Bob, united by mutual grief, form a deeper bond from the stories he shares of his lifelong friendship with her father. Beginning with their boyhood during World War II, Uncle Bob recounts first dates, college at UC Berkeley, marriages, building a business, raising children, surviving loss. In the present, Teri confronts the anger, loneliness, and role reversal that accompany memory declinebut through tales of the past, she finds a way to reconnect with her father. With a narrative braided between past and present, Our Long Goodbye is a poignant love letter from a daughter to her father that explores anticipatory grief, enduring friendship, and the profound power of shared memory. In this deeply emotional memoir, a grieving daughter bonds with her fathers best friend of eighty years and reconnects with her father through the stories her unlikely new friend shares with her. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability. …