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02009aam a22003618i 4500 001 3E9CDEA4FD3611E9872ABB4597128E48 003 SILO 005 20191102010046 008 190325s2019 bcc 000 0aeng 020 $a 1927366860 020 $a 9781927366868 (softcover) 035 $a (OCoLC)1090483896 040 $a NLC $b eng $e rda $c YDX $d BDX $d NLC $d OCLCF $d VP@ $d JAI $d IW5 $d SILO 055 0 $a RC406.A24 $b A34 2019 082 0 $a 362.1968/390092 $2 23 084 $a cci1icc $2 lacc 100 1 $a Acheson, Alison, $d 1964- $e author. 245 10 $a Dance me to the end : $b ten months and ten days with ALS / $c Alison Acheson. 260 $a Victoria, British Columbia : $b Brindle & Glass, $c 2019. 263 $a 201909 300 $a 314 pages ; $c 22 cm 520 $a "A profoundly honest and intensely personal story of a woman who cares for her husband after the devastating terminal diagnosis of ALS. Marty, age 57, was given a preliminary diagnosis of ALS by his family doctor. Seven weeks later, the diagnosis was confirmed by a neurologist. Ten months and ten days later, Marty passed away. Dance Me to the End is an evocative memoir about the emotional impact of witnessing a loved one suffer from a neurological, degenerative, and terminal disease. This is a detailed account of grief, shock and pain coexisting with the levity, laughter and love shared with her husband and sons in those final months of Marty's life."-- $c Provided by publisher. 600 10 $a Acheson, Alison, $d 1964- 600 10 $a Acheson, Alison, $d 1964- $x Family. 600 10 $a Hatlelid, Marty, $d -2016 $x Health. 650 0 $a Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis $x Patients $v Biography. 650 0 $a Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis $x Family relationships. $x Family relationships. 650 0 $a Women caregivers $v Biography. 655 7 $a Autobiographies. $2 lcgft 941 $a 2 952 $l GBPF771 $d 20240702032613.0 952 $l BAPH771 $d 20191105014403.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=3E9CDEA4FD3611E9872ABB4597128E48Initiate Another SILO Locator Search