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Gerda Saunders / Memory's Last Breath

Season 6, Episode 25 of 26

Gerda Saunders joins us with her very personal book - Memory's Last Breath - based on the "field notes" she keeps in her journal about her life distorted by dementia. Coping with the complications of losing short-term memory, Saunders takes the reader and our viewers on a personal investigation of the brain and its mysteries, examining science and literature, and immersing herself in vivid memories of her childhood in South Africa.

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6/23/2017
4 a.m.
PBS 6 Plus
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