Life in the Balance

Thomas Graboys, MD with Peter Zheutlin

Union Square Press

c/o Sterling Publishing

387 Park Avenue South, New York NY 10016

1402753411, $19.95 www.sterlingpublishing.com

Any general-interest library or health collection

needs LIFE IN THE BALANCE: A PHYSICIAN'S MEMOIR OF LIFE, LOVE, AND LOSS WITH PARKINSON'S DISEASE AND DEMENTIA. The author is both a doctor and patient, at the peak of his career at age forty-nine when he was diagnosed with an aggressive form of Parkinson's and dementia. His memoir is revealing and insightful--and considers Parkinson's from the rare vantage point of both patient and doctor.