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[2015], Adult, Collins Call No: 616.833 P159b Edition: First Canadian edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: "Parkinson's disease remains an enigma, with doctors, researchers and patients hunting for a cure. Journalist Jon Palfreman tells their story, a story that takes on urgency when he is diagnosed with the debilitating illness. Palfreman chronicles the mystery of what was once called "the shaking palsy," from the earliest clinical descriptions to the cutting edge of molecular neuroscience. Palfreman's own struggles and those of others living with Parkinson's, from a professional ballet dancer who "tricks" her body to move freely again, to a "frozen" patient who cannot walk but is able to ride a bicycle. Palfreman shows the varied and ingenious ways patients cope with having their bodies steadily taken away from them. The race is on to discover a means to stop or reverse neurodegenerative conditions like Parkinson's and Alzheimer's"--Provided by publisher.
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2023., Anansi Call No: NEW Bio G775c Availability:0 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: When he was sixty-five, François Gravel was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease, upending the old age he had imagined for himself. As a way of contemplating his new life with a degenerative illness, he turned to what he knew best and loved most: writing. Gravel immersed himself in research on Parkinson’s, exploring its medical history and treatments and paying close attention to the changes he experienced, all in service of learning how to best manage his symptoms throughout the advancement of this incurable disease. With a lightness of touch that belies a difficult subject (he imagines Dr. Parkinson as a military man who has set up camp in his brain), Gravel shares what he has learned in a memoir that is at once charming, serious, and moving. He writes, “For a long time, I believed that Parkinson’s was a disease. Now, I realize it’s a philosophy course.” Colonel Parkinson in Charge is, in some ways, the companion text for this course, engaging with and demystifying a daunting subject to help readers better understand life with Parkinson’s disease.
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2001., HarperCollins Call No: Fic Fra Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Series Title: Oprah's book clubSummary Note: After almost fifty years as a wife and mother, Enid Lambert is ready to have some fun. Unfortunately, her husband, Alfred, is losing his sanity to Parkinson's disease, and their children have long since flown the family nest to the catastrophes of their own lives. The oldest, Gary, a once-stable portfolio manager and family man, is trying to convince his wife and himself, despite clear signs to the contrary, that he is not clinically depressed. The middle child, Chip, has lost his seemingly secure academic job and is failing spectacularly at his new line of work. And Denise, the youngest, has escaped a disastrous marriage only to pour her youth and beauty down the drain of an affair with a married man-or so her mother fears. Desperate for some pleasure to look forward to, Enid has set her heart on an elusive goal: bringing her family together for one last Christmas at home.
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-- Last escapec2010., Adult, Seville Pictures Call No: FR DVD Fic Last E Edition: Widescreen ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: Christmas approaches and the Levesque family has once again gathered for their traditional celebration. But this time there is a mixture of emotions running through each person. The patriarch of the family suffers from a combination of Parkinson's disease and heart failure. His life reduced in every way, the end approaches and there are unhappy memories of his once violent and authoritarian past.
![La dernière fugue [DVD] (2010). Directed by Léa Pool : The last escape](/Library/images/cover/noimage.png "La dernière fugue [DVD] (2010). Directed by Léa Pool : The last escape")
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2023., Simon & Schuster Call No: NEW MYS Fic Smi Edition: First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Series Title: Arkady Renko Volume: 10Summary Note: It's June 2021, and Arkady knows that Russia is preparing to invade and subsequently annex Ukraine as it did Crimea in 2014. He is, however, preoccupied with other grievances. His longtime lover, Tatiana Petrovna, has deserted him for her work as an investigative reporter. His corrupt boss has relegated him to a desk job. And he is having trouble with his dexterity and balance. A visit to his doctor reveals that these are symptoms for Parkinson's Disease. This is an ingenious autobiographical conceit, as Martin Cruz Smith has Parkinson's, and is able through Arkady to movingly describe his own experience with the disease. Parkinson's hasn't stopped Smith from his work, and neither does it stop Arkady. Rather than dwell on his diagnosis, he throws himself into another case. An acquaintance has asked him to find his daughter, Karina, an anti-Putin activist who has disappeared. In the course of the investigation, Arkady falls for Karina's roommate, Elena, a Tatar from Ukraine. The search leads them to Kyiv, where rumblings of an armed conflict grow louder. Later, in Crimea, Tatiana reemerges to complicate Arkady's new romance. And as he gets closer to locating Karina, Arkady discovers something that threatens his life as well as the lives of both Elena and Tatiana.
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2020., Flatiron Books Call No: Bio F793n Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: The actor shares personal stories and observations about illness and health, aging, the strength of family and friends, and how perceptions about time affect the consideration of mortality.
