{"product_id":"9780804040372","title":"The Last of His Mind: A Year in the Shadow of Alzheimer's","description":"\u003cb\u003eForeWord Book of the Year Award winner\u003cbr\u003e A Publishers Weekly “Indie Top 20”\u003cbr\u003e The Washington Post: A Best Book of 2009\u003cbr\u003e 2010 Ohioana Book Award Finalist\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Joe Thorndike was managing editor of \u003ci\u003eLife\u003c\/i\u003e at the height of its popularity immediately following World War II. He was the founder of \u003ci\u003eAmerican Heritage\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eHorizon\u003c\/i\u003e magazines, the author of three books, and the editor of a dozen more. But at age 92, in the space of six months he stopped reading or writing or carrying on detailed conversations. could no longer tell time or make a phone call. was convinced that the governor of Massachusetts had come to visit and was in the refrigerator.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Five million Americans suffer from Alzheimer’s, and like many of them, Joe Thorndike’s one great desire was to remain in his own house. To honor this wish, his son John left his own home and moved into his father’s upstairs bedroom on Cape Cod. For a year, in a house filled with file cabinets, photos, and letters, John explored his father’s mind, his parents’ divorce, and his mother’s secrets. \u003ci\u003eThe Last of His Mind\u003c\/i\u003e is the bittersweet account of a son’s final year with his father, and a candid portrait of an implacable disease.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e It is the ordeal of Alzheimer’s that draws father and son close, closer than they have been since John was a boy. At the end, when Joe’s heart stops beating, John’s hand is on his chest, and a story of painful decline has become a portrait of deep family ties, caregiving, and love.","brand":"Ohio University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47118596735216,"sku":"9780804040372","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780804040372_p0.jpg?v=1763729220","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780804040372","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}