How Linda Died |
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| Author:
| Davey, Frank |
| ISBN: | 978-1-55490-065-7 |
| Publication Date: | Apr 2002 |
| Publisher: | ECW Press
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| Book Format: | Ebook |
| List Price: | USD $9.95 |
Book Description:
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Writing with a stark, self-questioning tone, author Frank Davey recalls the last year of his wife LindaÓ³ battle with an inoperable brain tumor. Through DaveyÓ³ detailed daily journal entries, this book provides a sober, uncompromisingly direct account of a familyÓ³ struggle to help make their loved oneÓ³ time more comfortable. Composed of moments in which ugliness and tenderness intertwine, it shows how the devastation extends to the family, making them question their own...
More DescriptionWriting with a stark, self-questioning tone, author Frank Davey recalls the last year of his wife LindaÓ³ battle with an inoperable brain tumor. Through DaveyÓ³ detailed daily journal entries, this book provides a sober, uncompromisingly direct account of a familyÓ³ struggle to help make their loved oneÓ³ time more comfortable. Composed of moments in which ugliness and tenderness intertwine, it shows how the devastation extends to the family, making them question their own memories as they watch a once-vital woman unravel. Davey describes the demons of a past Linda can no longer share. Davey also comments on the frustrations of dealing with todayÓ³ underfunded and disorganized health care and presents the struggle to maintain dignity in the face of a graceless medical system.