Mother of three, Marie Valenta, was fifty-four when she was diagnosed with Alzheimer 's disease. The former primary school teacher had rarely experienced a day 's illness before this shattering diagnosis. Her husband, Tom, became her primary carer. He describes the daily agony of seeing his wife slowly succumb to this cruel, degenerative disease. Ultimately he gives her up to a nursing home which he sees as his final act of capitulation and failure.
- ISBN10 1442998385
- ISBN13 9781442998384
- Publish Date 16 July 2009 (first published 6 May 2008)
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country US
- Imprint ReadHowYouWant
- Format eBook
- Language English