Elsie at Ebb Tide: Emerging from the Undertow of Alzheimer's

elsie nurmi rides to her minnesota school in a prairie wagon speaking no english, yet she becomes a u.s. protocol officer escorting dignitaries such as astronaut frank borman and edward marcus (neiman-marcus) abroad. she meets heads of state, a pope, views moon launches, and preps presidential visits. Yet when diagnosed with alzheimer's, she begins her most dreaded—and transcendent—journey.

else at ebb tide tells the story of a woman whose soul transcends disease. she fails all cognitive tes...