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For Sasha, With Love: An Alzheimer Crusade : The Story of Anne Bashkiroff

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Alzheimer's disease has been called a walking death -- both for the sufferer and for the family. It is not only about memory loss, but loss of lifestyle, of friendships, of marriage and family. Too often, it is also about a loss of dignity and hope.

Gail Holland's book was the first on the market, and tells the gripping tale of Anne Bashkiroff, an immigrant Russian woman who turned her tragedy in losing her brilliant husband to AD into a movement that has helped millions of people worldwide.

In reportorial format, Holland chronicles a tale of horror and love that resembles a cross between "Dr. Zhivago" and "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest." And yet, through it all, Bashkiroff never gives up hope -- even though she becomes suicidal.

Her tenacity and most of all her compassion for the suffering of others who must care for a loved one with brain impairment is a guiding light. Because she had the courage to speak up in an era when no one was talking about dementia, let alone crusading for humane long-term care, Bashkiroff made it a safer world for those with Alzheimer's.

Beth Witrogen McLeod, author "Caregiving: The Spiritual Journey of Love, Loss, and Renewal"

This is a true story which begins in Shanghai and travels halfway around the world. It chronicles the life journey of a fascinating woman who has experienced great joy and tragedy and turned them both into good works that are still enriching society.

A very poignant love story and struggle of a man and woman who faced the difficulties of Alzheimer's. I heard his wife interviewed on the radio and her recalling of all she faced with her husbands Alzheimers was so compelling that I had to buy the book and it is a wonderful as well as sad story of what one has to go thru in facing all of the problems that have to be faced with this particular illness. It is also a true story of great strength and how love of her husband and love from their son helped her get thru all that she had to endure.