| Leaving Tinkertown Contributor(s): Goodman, Tanya Ward (Author) |
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ISBN: 0826353665 ISBN-13: 9780826353665 Publisher: University of New Mexico Press OUR PRICE: $17.96 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 2013 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Medical (incl. Patients) - Medical | Mental Health |
| Dewey: B |
| LCCN: 2013005317 |
| Series: Literature and Medicine |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 6.3" W x 9.2" (0.80 lbs) 232 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: When Tanya Ward Goodman came home to New Mexico to visit her dad at the end of 1996, he was fifty-five years old and just beginning to show symptoms of the Alzheimer's disease that would kill him six years later. Early onset dementia is a shock and a challenge to every family, but the Wards were not an ordinary family. Ross Ward was an eccentric artist and collector whose unique museum, Tinkertown, brought visitors from all over the world to the Sandia Mountains outside Albuquerque. In this book Tanya tells Ross's story and her own, sharing the tragedy and the unexpected comedy of caring for this funny, stubborn man who remained a talented artist even as he changed before his family's eyes. |
Contributor Bio(s): Goodman, Tanya Ward: - Tanya Ward Goodman's essays have appeared in the Cup of Comfort anthology series, Literary Mama, The Huffington Post, and TheNextFamily.com. She lives in Los Angeles with her husband and their two children. |