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1 y separately published work icon Pas de Deux : A Carer's Story Linda Boulton , Port Adelaide : Ginninderra Press , 2021 22525141 2021 single work autobiography

'Steve and Linda met in a dance studio when they were teenagers. Their ballet partnership soon blossomed into romance, they married and were blessed with two daughters. Then, at the age of forty-six, Steve was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease and Linda became his carer. This affecting and intimate memoir is a true and honest account of their shared experience of illness and family caregiving. It is a story of suffering, loss and grief but also love, loyalty and courage.'

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1 He Didn't Even Have a Tremor : A Parkinson's Pathography Linda Boulton , 2014 single work essay
— Appears in: The Lifted Brow , September/October no. 24 2014; (p. 56-60) 'Abstract: April 2001. A beautiful Autumn day. The sun's rays still hold warmth; the air is crisp and clear. Our family is on a bush walk. Stephen and our two daughters run on ahead. We begin a steep incline, our feet crushing the fallen leaves underfoot. Soon Stephen lags behind. Striding ahead, I glance back over my shoulder and see him slowly negotiating the rough track. I notice that his right arm isn't swinging as he walks. A small flutter of fear floats nearby, but I push it resolutely away. Then I remember other barely perceptible changes - the way his foot sometimes drags a little when he walks, the disturbed sleep when his body twitches restlessly in the night. Above me, the sun passes behind a cloud. The day has suddenly turned cold.' (Author's introduction)
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