{"product_id":"ten-thousand-joys-ten-thousand-sorrows-a-couples-journey-through-alzheimers-9781585428274","title":"Ten Thousand Joys \u0026 Ten Thousand Sorrows: A Couple's Journey Through Alzheimer's","description":"\"\u003ci\u003eTen Thousand Sorrows \u0026amp; Ten Thousand Joys\u003c\/i\u003e offers a vision of lives well-led, and of love in the thick of crisis and loss. Beyond inspiring.\"-Daniel Goleman, author of \u003ci\u003eEmotional Intelligence\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"This beautiful book is unlike any other personal account of living with Alzheimer's disease that I have ever read . . . it offers patients and families practical insights into how they can live their lives more fully amidst the heartbreak of a mind-robbing illness.\"- Paul Raia, Director of Patient Care and Family Support, Alzheimer's Association, Massachusetts Chapter \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"A story of courage, love, and growing wisdom in the face of Alzheimer's.\"-Joseph Goldstein, author of One Dharma, Founder \/ Director of Insight Meditation Society \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In this profound and courageous memoir, Olivia Ames Hoblitzelle describes how her husband's Alzheimer's diagnosis at the age of seventy-two challenged them to live the spiritual teachings they had embraced during the course of their life together. Following a midlife career shift, Harrison Hobliztelle, or Hob as he was called, a former professor of comparative literature at Barnard, Columbia, and Brandeis University, became a family therapist and was ordained a Dharmacharya (senior teacher) by Thich Nhat Hanh. Hob comes to life in these pages as an incredibly funny and brilliant man who never stopped enjoying a good philosophical conversation-even as his mind, quite literally, slipped away from him. And yet when they first heard the diagnosis, Olivia and Hob's initial reaction was to cling desperately to the life they had had. But everything had changed, and they knew that the only answer was to greet this last phase of Hob's life consciously and lovingly. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ci\u003eTen Thousand Joys \u0026amp; Ten Thousand Sorrows\u003c\/i\u003e provides a wise and compassionate vision for maintaining hope and grace in the face of life's greatest challenges. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e (This memoir was originally self-published as \u003ci\u003eThe Majesty of Your Loving\u003c\/i\u003e.)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Penguin Publishing Group\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/30\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781585428274\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 352\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.71lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.18h x 5.58w x 0.95d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAward:\u003c\/b\u003e Nautilus Award - Winner\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/01\/2010 pg. 21\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/30\/2010 pg. 38\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/15\/2010 pg. 81\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Olivia Ames Hoblitzelle","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44174040989877,"sku":"9781585428274","price":20.4,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_bf090a3e-b61c-4ccc-a4e8-6e58cfe21b0b.jpg?v=1716300155","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/ten-thousand-joys-ten-thousand-sorrows-a-couples-journey-through-alzheimers-9781585428274","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}