FROM ROBERT BRIGGS ASSOCIATES
Wife, Just Let Go: Zen, Alzheimer’s, and
Love
An extraordinary love
story, “Wife Just Let Go” are the last words Robert Briggs
wrote to his wife before he passed away from Alzheimer’s disease. A publisher,
literary agent, and author who deeply felt the influence of the Beat era,
Robert never stopped writing. Even in his later stages of Alzheimer’s, Robert
was able to share insights into what he called “the power of aging,” and his
love of poetry, jazz, and Zen and, in his younger days, meeting his favorite First Lady, Eleanor Roosevelt. He also writes of his stint in the army as a 2nd
Lieutenant when he was ordered with his platoon to witness an atomic bomb
explosion at Frenchman’s Flat, Nevada, an experience that forever haunted his
imagination. What began as a promise to publish his last works evolved into
this duo-memoir. His wife Diana, as his long-time partner and primary
caregiver, joined him in this telling as a way to introduce his essays and
poems. It provided solace and relief as she witnessed each day the wrenching
loss of her husband’s memory and finally his death. She brings a perfect balance
to his poems and essays with a more meditative commentary as she examines her
own path of pain, grief, and illumination as a caregiver.
Poignantly written yet
unflinchingly honest, the book navigates not only the waters of grief and loss,
but also the other side of Alzheimer’s: gifts that sustain and inspire loved
ones left behind.
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