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Barry Petersen • Jan's Story: Love Lost to the Long Goodbye of Alzheimer's

CBS News calls Barry Petersen one of its most experienced correspondents in a network news career spanning more than four decades. He has appeared on CBS News ducking sniper and mortar fire in Sarajevo, Libya, Syria and Gaza. He’s told lovely stories like the return of American jazz to Shanghai, the latest on Paris fashions and how people of Bhutan live what they call “Gross National Happiness.” His numerous accolades include four National Emmy Awards, several National Edward R. Murrow Awards and both an Alfred I. duPont-Columbia University and a George Foster Peabody Award for his part in the coverage of the Tiananmen Square uprising in Beijing, China, in 1989. He is also the author of Jan’s Story, Love Lost to the Long Goodbye of Alzheimer’s. Petersen and his wife, Jan, also a journalist, lived around the world. Petersen covered some of the worst conflicts our generation has seen, while his wife anchored their daily lives. They both expected many more years of fabulous adventures. Then one diagnosis instantly ended it all: at age 55, Jan was diagnosed with early-onset Alzheimer’s disease. Jan’s Story follows their complex, sometimes sad, sometimes joyful, journey of survival. Jan was alive but no longer remembered her husband of 20 years. Petersen met a woman—herself a widow—who understood his grief and the pain of loss. Together Petersen and Mary Nell created a “family of three,” including and caring for Jan. Petersen writes about friends who condemned their relationship, and others who understood and supported their love, including Jan’s mother who encouraged the need to survive. His book is intensely personal, making clear that the only way to beat Alzheimer’s is for those left behind to go on with—and celebrate—life. This series is made possible by a generous gift from the Rancho Mirage Writers Festival Foundation.