The Longest Farewell Vénus Khoury-Ghata

The Longest Farewell Vénus Khoury-GhataWhen Nulas husband James, an Irish documentary filmmaker, becomes forgetful they put it down to the stress of his work. But his behavior becomes more erratic and inexplicable, and he is eventually diagnosed as suffering from Picks Disease, an early onset and aggressive form of dementia. Suddenly their lives change from comfortable middle class creatives through inexplicable behaviour, the shock of diagnosis, coping with the ongoing illness, not coping

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