Sandeep Jauhar

My Father's Brain: Life in the Shadow of Alzheimer's -- Sandeep Jauhar, Hardcover

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"Blending the humor, compassion, and absorbing family drama of first-rate memoir with expert science writing, [Sandeep Jauhar] has composed a can't-miss introduction to what has been called The Age of Alzheimer's." --Sanjay Gupta, author of Keep Sharp and World War C

A deeply affecting memoir of a father's descent into dementia, and a revelatory inquiry into why the human brain degenerates with age and what we can do about it.

Almost six million Americans--about one in every ten people over the age of sixty-five--have Alzheimer's disease or related dementias, and this number is projected to more than double by 2050. What is it like to live with and amid this increasingly prevalent condition--an affliction that some fear more than death? In My Father's Brain, the distinguished physician and author Sandeep Jauhar sets his father's descent into Alzheimer's alongside his own journey toward understanding this disease and how it might best be coped with, if not cured.

In an intimate memoir rich with humor and heartbreak, Jauhar relates how his immigrant father and extended family felt, quarreled, and found their way through the dissolution of a cherished life. Along the way, he lucidly exposes what happens in the brain as we age and our memory falters, and explores everything from the history of ancient Greece to the most cutting-edge neurological--and bioethical--research. Throughout, My Father's Brain confronts the moral and psychological concerns that arise when family members must become caregivers, when children's and parents' roles reverse, and when we must accept unforeseen turns in our closest relationships--and in our understanding of what it is to have a self. The result is a work of essential insight into dementia, and into how scientists, caregivers, and all of us in an aging society are reckoning with the fallout.

Author: Sandeep Jauhar
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Published: 04/11/2023
Pages: 256
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.95lbs
Size: 9.10h x 6.00w x 1.20d
ISBN: 9780374605841

Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 02/15/2023
Publishers Weekly 04/03/2023

About the Author
Sandeep Jauhar is the bestselling author of three acclaimed books on medical topics: Intern, Doctored, and Heart: A History, which was named a best book of 2018 by The Mail on Sunday, Science Friday, and the Los Angeles Public Library, and was a PBS NewsHour/New York Times book club pick; it was also a finalist for the 2019 Wellcome Book Prize. A practicing physician, Jauhar writes regularly for the opinion section of The New York Times. His TED Talk on the emotional heart was one of the ten most-watched TED Talks of 2019

Product Tags:

Alzheimer's & Dementia, Alzheimer's disease - Patients, Biography & Autobiography, Diseases & Conditions, Farrar, Hardcover, Health & Fitness, Medical (Incl. Patients), Personal Memoirs, Sandeep Jauhar, Straus and Giroux

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