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Subject(s)

• Ward, Ross 1941-2002 [Browse]
• Alzheimer's disease—Patients—Biography [Browse]
• Alzheimer's disease—Patients—Family relationships [Browse]
• Fathers and daughters [Browse]
• Folk artists—United States—Biography [Browse]
• Tinkertown Museum [Browse]
• Goodman, Tanya Ward 1968-—Family [Browse]

Summary note

"This is a memoir about a father's illness and death from early onset Alzheimer's disease and will be helpful to other people who find themselves in the position of caring for a demented family member. The author's father, Ross Ward, was the founder of Tinkertown, the folk art museum located on the highway to Sandia Peak"-- Provided by publisher.

Action note

Committed to retain in perpetuity — ReCAP Shared Collection (HUL)

Contents

• With it
• Sandia Park, December 1996
• Things start to get weird, December 1996
• Circling the wagons, April 1997
• The weeping women, April 1997
• The diagnosis, February 13, 1998
• Unique and special, February 1998
• Moving Grandma west, March 1998
• Have you thought about coming home?, July 1998
• Thing and another, August 1998
• The house where I grew up, September 1998
• Opening the museum, September 1998
• On my way to work, September 1998
• David's first visit, September 1998
• Fireworks, September 1998
• A lot of obstacles, October 1998
• Grandma moves again, October 1998
• Drownproofing, October 1998
• We settle into a routine, November 1998
• The bird house, January 1999
• The tattoo project, February 1999
• The escape artists, March 1999
• Dad's birthday, April 1999
• Out with the folks, May 1999
• Bad dreams and brushfires, May 1999
• A hell of a time, May 1999
• Rock runs, August 1999
• Homecoming, September 1999
• Pedal to the metal back to Los Angeles, October 1999
• Christmas 1999
• A new year, January 2000
• Home in Los Angeles, March 2000
• Dad's walkabout, June 2000
• A short lead, June 2000
• A very romantic table, September 2000
• Wedding dresses and funeral parlors, October 2000
• Grandma returns to Aberdeen, October 2000
• The wedding, June 2001
• The drill, July 2001
• Breathing room, September, 2001
• Good company, February 2002
• Such a good, good man, July 2002
• Roscoe, November 6, 2002
• Getting home, November 13, 2002
• We've got you covered, November 2002
• Good to know you, November 2002.

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ISBN

• 9780826353665 (pbk. : alk. paper)
• 0826353665 (pbk. : alk. paper)

LCCN

^^2013005317

OCLC

828193754

RCP

H - S

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