Book Launch - Michael James - Dear Judy: A Love Story Rewritten by Alzheimer's

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• Thursday, Sep 7, 2023  5:30pm - 6:30pm

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Meet Michael James, author of Dear Judy: A Love Story Rewritten by Alzheimer’s

ABOUT THE BOOK:
In DEAR JUDY–A LOVE STORY REWRITTEN BY ALZHEIMER’S, the author reconstructs, honestly and with great sensitivity, the couple’s experience of artist Judith James’s early onset Alzheimer’s diagnosis and their journey through the multiple advancing stages of her disease. Readers are privy to some of the most intimate moments in a marriage upended by Alzheimer’s and by the curve balls it would throw. In this unflinching meditation and reflection, we learn that life can indeed be enriched by adversity, and that love can, against strong odds, expand, deepen, and ultimately reach its fulfillment.

We learn how to live by observing the lives of others, and this clear, truthful account of a great personal loss can be seen as a gift, showing us how we, too, when inevitably confronted by loss, might gather our strengths and go on.
– Ted Kooser, U. S. Poet Laureate 2004-2006

This book is a love story, a tragedy and a crucible story. It examines how one couple behaves when their backs are up against the wall. It is beautifully written, profoundly moving and deeply useful.
– Mary Pipher. New York Times bestselling author of Women Rowing North and Reviving Ophelia

ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
Author and visual artist Michael James’s textile art is included in numerous public and private collections, including those of the Smithsonian American Art Museum,
the Museum of Arts and Design in New York City, the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, and the Baltimore Museum of Art. An Emeritus Professor and Emeritus Chair of the Department of Textiles at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln, James lives in Lincoln, Nebraska, where he continues studio and writing practices, and helps to sustain connections among a close-knit group of husband caregivers of dementia sufferers.

BOOKS AVAILABLE FOR PURCHASE AT THE EVENT WITH BOOK SIGNING TO FOLLOW