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Saving Milly: Love, Politics, and Parkinson's Disease
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Saving Milly is a memoir by journalist Morton Kondracke about his marriage to Millicent Martinez, the daughter of a radical labor organizer. The couple raised two daughters and spent two decades together, sometimes fiercely at odds, before a small change in Milly's handwriting in 1987 led to a diagnosis of Parkinson's disease.
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The book traces how that news altered their lives and how Kondracke himself moved from a career built on his ambitions to the everyday work of caring for his wife. It also follows his growing role as an activist. Honest about the strains as well as the affection, the book is a portrait of a marriage tested by illness and held together by stubborn love.
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