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What can a diseased brain tell us about being human, living our own lives better and helping those with dementia get the best from theirs?
When Wendy Mitchell was diagnosed with young-onset dementia at the age of fifty-eight, her brain was overwhelmed with images of the last stages of the disease - those familiar tropes, shortcuts and clichés that we are fed by the media, or even our own health professionals.
But her diagnosis far from represented the end of her life. Instead, it was the start of a very different one.
Wise, practical and life affirming,
Product details
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing (2 Feb. 2023)
Language : English
Paperback : 240 pages
ISBN-10 : 1526634511
ISBN-13 : 978-1526634511
Dimensions : 20.3 x 25.4 x 4.7 cm
Best Sellers Rank: 6,221 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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