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Alterman, Sara Faith, author.
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Alterman, Sara Faith.
Alterman, Ira, 1945-2015 -- Mental health.
Alzheimer's disease -- Patients -- United States -- Biography.
Alzheimer's disease -- Patients -- Family relationships -- United States.
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Let's never talk abo...
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Let's never talk about this again : a memoir / Sara Faith Alterman.
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Alterman, Sara Faith, author.
New York : Grand Central Publishing, 2020.
Subjects
Alterman, Sara Faith.
Alterman, Ira, 1945-2015 -- Mental health.
Alzheimer's disease -- Patients -- United States -- Biography.
Alzheimer's disease -- Patients -- Family relationships -- United States.
ISBN:
9781538748671 (hardcover)
1538748673 (hardcover)
Description:
xiii, 256 pages ; 22 cm
Edition:
First edition.
Contents:
Part I: Before. The duck room ; Hear ye, hear ye ; Uck, feh ; Sara of the 01776 ; Altersped ; Ace ; Out of the woods -- Part II: During. Nice mooves ; Glug glug glug ; Family business ; The best we can -- Part III: After. The dream gorilla ; Ups and downs ; The hometown nostalgia send-off tour ; Fifty-fifty ; That guy is born ; Never wake a sleeping baby ; Skilled care ; So that's jazz ; Love you forever ; Everything after that.
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"Sara was at the tender age of 12 when she found the skeleton in her prudish parents' closet: a series of novelty sex books crammed high up on a shelf in her childhood living room, all written by Sara's ordinary suburban dad, Ira. For decades the books were an unspoken secret in Sara's family until Ira developed early onset Alzheimer's disease...and announced he'd be reviving his novelty porn career. With Sara's help. In this cringe-worthy, unique, moving memoir--based on her New York Times piece--Sara shares the profound loss of the father she knew and loved as she attempts desperately to welcome the pervy neurological stranger who has taken his place. As heartwarming as it is heartbreaking, Let's Never Talk About This Again is a must-read confessional from a woman who spent years trying to find humor in the perverse and optimism in the darkness, and succeeded"--
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Hanapepe Public Library
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616.8311 Alterman Al
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Hawaii Kai Public Library
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616.8311 Alterman Al
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Hilo Public Library
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616.8311 Alterman Al
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