In the winter of 1987, the quiet life of 60-year-old Marguerite Chambers, a female patient at the Alpine Manor nursing home in Walker, Michigan, came to a tragic and unexpected end. For four years, she had been a resident of the facility, grappling with the disorienting effects of Alzheimer's disease, which had robbed her of her ability to communicate. Her husband, Ed, was a constant presence, visiting frequently to sit by her bedside, hold her hand, and offer words of comfort that she could no
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