The Forgetting by David Shenk
A literary and scientific examination of Alzheimer's disease and the race to find a cure. The book is an account of the scientists who are working to cure the disease and to understand the links between biology and consciousness. It is punctuated with personal accounts of Alzheimer sufferers.
'The Forgetting is completely absorbing, fascinating, the best of writing, thought provoking, socially important and imperative to read, with the narrative pull of a well-written murder mystery' Amy Tan 'A poignant portrayal of a dark illness that robs our very soul. Yet Shenk provides a vivid glimpse of the future, how new science may ultimately remedy this devastating malady.' Jerome Groopman, Harvard Medical School
David Shenk is the author of Data Smog and a book of essays entitled The End of Patience. He has written for many American newspapers and journals. Shenk was a 1995-1996 Freedom Forum Fellow and a 1998 US-Japan Fellow. He lives in Brooklyn.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780002571746 |
| ISBN 10 | 0002571749 |
| Title | The Forgetting |
| Author | David Shenk |
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| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | HarperCollins Publishers |
| Year published | 2002-02-18 |
| Number of pages | 304 |
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