William D Dyer

Gebundenes Buch

Traumatizing Linda

Riding Cumulative Psychic Shocks into Dementia and Alzheimer's

Beschreibung

In this deeply moving memoir, a husband reflects on his life with his beloved wife, Linda, whose battle with Alzheimer's ended their 62-year journey together. As he revisits their shared history, he confronts several traumas that shaped Linda's life, from the tragic death of her father when she was six to the emotional abuse inflicted by her mother. These events, compounded by the three consecutive traumatic shocks she suffered during the nineties, he believes caused her descent into deep depression, anxiety, and a dementia that ultimately claimed her life. With unflinching honesty, the author examines his own role in Linda's life, acknowledging both the love they shared and the ways in which he may have added to her pain. Through this exploration of memory, grief, and love, he offers a poignant tribute to Linda while grappling with the mysteries of the mind and the enduring impact of trauma. This memoir is a testament to the power of love and the complexities of the human experience.

Autor

Originally from the south shore of Boston, William D. Dyer grew up playing baseball, tennis, and golf and reading voraciously. After graduating from New Mexico State University in Las Cruces in 1970, he earned his M.A. and Ph.D. In Literature with specialties in Elizabethan and Jacobean Drama, the Pastoral Tradition, and Charles Dickens in 1979. Along the way, he worked a long list of jobs to support his studies, including road construction, door-to-door sewer connections, outside shipyard machinist, line worker at a Coke plant, short order cook, water department laborer, used car salesman, Cutco knife salesman, jackhammer operator, night watchman, landscaper, liquor runner at a bar, and night cleaner. But his love affair with teaching literature and training teachers began with three years at Indiana State University at Evansville, followed by a single year at the College of St. Benedict and thirty-three years at Minnesota State University, Mankato.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Salty Books Publishing Company, LLC
• Seitenzahl: 236
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. November 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 540g
• ISBN-13: 9781964354019
• ISBN-10: 1964354013
• Artikelnr.: 71935653