"Day is Ending"

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"I wrote Day is Ending to share the story of our struggle so that others might not feel so alone in what they are facing. Some day it may be possible for others with this disease to have hope. I thank you for spending the time to learn a little about Trude, and by extension, all of those whose lives have been taken twice by this terrible disease -- the first time when they were still alive, but no longer able to recognize themselves, and then at the time of their death."

--Richard W. Zalar, M.D., Joliet, IL

(March 2003)

Day is Ending is currently available at:

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What others are saying about the book:

"I found Dr. Zalar's book immensely moving as well as illuminating. Alzheimer's disease affects many people at a time when life expectancy is growing because so many other once-terminal diseases have been overcome by medical science. Love cannot be overcome. Alzheimer's only strengthens it."

John Bayley

author of "Elegy for Iris"

"At the end of what is necessary, I have come to a place where there is no road."

-Dame Iris Murdoch

author of "Jackson's Dilemma"

"This is a very moving story about a very personal perspective. I hope others can learn from it the courage needed to face this disease."

- John Trojanowski, M.D.

"I'm emotionally devastated at how powerful your story is and yet I'm remarkably inspired by your love for Trude, which transcends this horrific disease."

Leeza Gibbons

"This is a magnificent love story that lasted nearly 60 years-- that continues in fact past illness and death."

Morton Kondracke, co-host

Fox News "The Beltway Boys"

"Dr. Zalar has written a vivid account of his beloved wife's disappearance behind the fog of Alzheimer's Disease, and of his own fierce struggle to care for her. It is a portrait of sometimes helpless devotion in the face of an implacable enemy."

Barbara Brotman, Chicago Tribune