How Long to Read Travelers to Unimaginable Lands

How Long Does it Take to Read Travelers to Unimaginable Lands?

It takes the average reader 4 hours and 36 minutes to read Travelers to Unimaginable Lands by Dasha Kiper

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

These compelling case histories meld science and storytelling to illuminate the complex relationship between the mind of someone with dementia and the mind of the person caring for them. “This book will forever change the way we see people with dementia disorders—and the people who care for them.”—Lori Gottlieb, author of Maybe You Should Talk to Someone After getting a master’s degree in clinical psychology, Dasha Kiper became the live-in caregiver for a Holocaust survivor with Alzheimer’s disease. For a year, she endured the emotional strain of looking after a person whose condition disrupts the rules of time, order, and continuity. Inspired by her own experience and her work counseling caregivers in the subsequent decade, Kiper offers an entirely new way to understand the symbiotic relationship between patients and those tending to them. Her book is the first to examine how the workings of the “healthy” brain prevent us from adapting to and truly understanding the cognitively impaired one. In these poignant but unsentimental stories of parents and children, husbands and wives, Kiper explores the existential dilemmas created by this disease: A man believes his wife is an impostor. A woman’s imaginary friendships drive a wedge between herself and her devoted husband. Another woman’s childhood trauma emerges to torment her son. A man’s sudden Catholic piety provokes his wife. Why is taking care of a family member with dementia so difficult? Why do caregivers succumb to behaviors—arguing, blaming, insisting, taking symptoms personally—they know are counterproductive? Exploring the healthy brain’s intuitions and proclivities, Travelers to Unimaginable Lands reveals the neurological obstacles to caregiving, enumerating not only the terrible pressures the disease exerts on our closest relationships but offering solace and perspective as well.

How long is Travelers to Unimaginable Lands?

Travelers to Unimaginable Lands by Dasha Kiper is 273 pages long, and a total of 69,069 words.

This makes it 92% the length of the average book. It also has 84% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Travelers to Unimaginable Lands Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 6 hours and 17 minutes to read Travelers to Unimaginable Lands aloud.

What Reading Level is Travelers to Unimaginable Lands?

Travelers to Unimaginable Lands is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

Note that there may be other factors that effect this rating besides length that are not factored in on this page. This may include things like complex language or sensitive topics not suitable for students of certain ages.

When deciding what to show young students always use your best judgement and consult a professional.

Where Can I Buy Travelers to Unimaginable Lands?

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