The book contains many examples and case notes from chapters on growing older to aging and coping with care. The book offers guidance on support in the home or aged care facility, the importance of exercise, diet and attitude in recovery. This is definitely an informative book and essential reading for anyone who cares or works with the elderly. Anne
Vampire Adam resides in a derelict part of
Detroit, producing music and mourning the state of the world under the
“zombies” (humans). In Tangier, his lover, Eve, lives in a certain pleasure,
indulging in literature, along with their friend Christopher Marlowe, who faked
his death centuries before. They pay doctors for pure, clean blood because the supply directly from humans is too corrupted by
disease and toxins to consume.
Adam’s melancholia is offset by Eve’s attempts to enthuse
him, feeding his spirit as blood feeds his body. But Jarmusch draws an aesthetic from this frustrated nostalgia. The elegiacally shot locales of post-industrial Detroit and the decaying dust of Tangier accenting the shades of angst: the swirl of vinyl accompanying droning feedback; the murmurs
of life echoed through narrow alleys.
This hymn to despair is at the heart of Only lovers left alive, its cloistered harmonies reverberating in the hollow of anguish.
In the Australian bush town of Wattle Creek, Damien, a depressed young farmer is trying to manage the family farm after the death of his father from cancer. New to town is Jacinta, a young and attractive psychologist. She helps Damien see what his life could be if he stops trying to be what he thinks other people want him to be. And she copes with the good and bad regarding everyone knowing your business in a small town. A recognisable cast of supporting characters add texture to a pleasant romance with serious undertones.
