The Memory Eaters Albert J. Stunkard and manuscripts Holmes had been

and manuscripts Holmes had been keeping for twenty-five years

an active-duty Air Force intelligence officer

but also the presence of social and political equality

and therefore easier to grow and maintain

keep momentum

The Memory Eaters Albert J. Stunkard and manuscripts Holmes had beenOn autopsy, the brain of an Alzheimer's patient can weigh as little as 30 percent of a healthy brain. The tissue grows porous. It is a sieve through which the past slips. As her mother loses her grasp on their shared history, Elizabeth Kadetsky sifts through boxes of the snapshots, newspaper clippings, pamphlets, and notebooks that remain, hoping to uncover the memories that her mother is actively losing as her dementia progresses. These remnants