An Alert, Well-Hydrated Artist in No Acute Distress

"""Catherine Armsden's wonderfully insightful book should be read by anyone who's ever received a difficult diagnosis as well as anyone who's delivered one. It's the story of two remarkable women who live with neurodegenerative disease-their passion to persist and the deep and abiding friendship they share. Living with an incurable disease requires being clear eyed, but it also requires being compassionate about what you see. The same is true for the physicians who treat those conditions. The book is dedicated to those who don't look away, and An Alert Well-Hydrated Artist in No Acute Distress never does."" -Dave Iverson, journalist and author of Winter Stars: An Elderly Mother, an Aging Son and Life's Final Journey ""From diagnosis to deep brain stimulation, Catherine Armsden takes you on a powerful, insightful, and moving journey with Parkinson's disease. An important read for those affected by the world's fastest growing brain disease and a sign for us to be willing to confront what is in front of us."" -Ray Dorsey, MD, Professor of Neurology, Author of Ending Parkinson's, Disease: a Prescription for Action ""Catherine Armsden has written an exquisite memoir of herself, her friend, and the wider community of people with Parkinson's disease. This is a book that has everything: medical mysteries, love stories, and fine art, and it is in equal measures scientifically engaging, emotionally powerful, and beautifully written."" -Sara Rigarre, PhD"