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A husband's loving memoir of his marriage and caring for his wife as she struggles with Alzheimer's and he navigates the risks to him as a caregiver. A husband's loving memoir of his marriage and caring for his wife as she struggles with Alzheimer's. "Writing with remarkable candor, Peter Barnet brings a new and unsettling focus to this moving account of his battle against his wife's Alzheimer's. We learn that those at risk from this terrible malady are not just those directly afflicted, but their caregiving spouses as well. Lacing his narrative with insight and humor, Barnet does not shy from expressing his private thoughts and feelings as he relates his couple's daunting struggle . Losing Cissie is at once a love story, a primer on how to manage spousal care and a warning of its perils. It should be required reading for the familes of the millions of Alzheimer victims. "Barry Lando, friend, editor and retired 60 Minutes Producer

Home to an extraordinary collection of treasured masterworks, including the famed Unicorn Tapestries, The Cloisters is devoted to the art and architecture of medieval Europe. This guide, published to celebrate The Cloisters' seventy- fifth anniversary, richly illustrates and describes the most important highlights of its collection.