. . . . . "In this rare book of remembrance and love and loneliness, Ed Bliss chronicles his wife Lois's six-year journey into darkness. Spare, gentle, restrained, Bliss's account of Lois's struggle with Alzheimer's is an unforgettable account of loss -- whether of the ability to speak and write or even to eat -- and helplessness in the face of a disease that knows no cure." . . . . . . . . "For love of Lois" . "Biography" .