Still Life: A Memoir – Jeff Sutherland

Father, husband, athlete, medical doctor, Jeff Sutherland had built a perfect life for himself and his family…then he noticed that he was losing strength in his left arm. After an appointment with a specialist, he writes, “deep personal loss for some unknown reason wrapped its tentacles around me and my family.” Diagnosed with ALS (Lou Gehrig’s Disease), he lost his abilities to walk and speak within two years. Sutherland made peace with his disease and, surrounded by his loving family, and found happiness again only to suffer the soul-shattering loss of his eldest son, Zachary.