Carved+in+Sand+-+When+Attention+Fails+and+Memory+Fades+in+Midlife+by+Cathryn+Jakobson+Ramin

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=Book Summary= Sometime after her fortieth birthday, journalist Ramin, who counts on her wits and recall, began forgetting the names of people and common objects. She was also having difficulty focusing for longer than it took to look up a synonym for the word //whatchamacallit//. She was so distressed that her first reaction was to conceal her handicap. She discovered, however, that many friends and associates, all about her age, were suffering the same symptoms and also trying to keep them secret. For the good of others in the same boat, she decided to throw herself on the sword, admit her incapacity, and offer herself as guinea pig as well as reporter to research midlife cognitive breakdown and the interventions available to ameliorate it. Her meaty memoir and science report reveals that there are nearly as many reasons for midlife memory loss (forgetfulness doesn't always presage Alzheimer's) as there are people who suffer from it, and that there are several tests to determine specific causes in addition to numerous resources to correct the root problem. //Donna Chavez// -- //Copyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved// link to learn more... http://www.carvedinsand.com/

=About the Author= //In her own words...// Before the book, I was an investigative journalist writing for many national publications, including the //New York Times Magazine// and //O, The Oprah Magazine//. I have been (and hope to be again) a fellow of the MacDowell Colony, and I am a member of: the National Association of Science Writers, the American Society of Journalists and Authors, and JAWS. = =