Mary Jacobson

One in a Million Mary Jacobson

Although the development of an accurate, national registry is being advocated at the legislative level (H. R.1362/S.1273), it is unknown how many people have Parkinson?s Disease. The web site of The Michael J. Fox Foundation For Parkinson?s Research reasonably states: ?Estimates of the number of people living with the disease therefore vary, but recent research indicates that at least one million people in the United States? have Parkinson's.? One In A Million is the story of a daughter?s five years spent helping one of them? her joyful, fun-loving mother. With a surprising twist near the story's end, the moving memoir is written with the hope of promoting awareness of Parkinson's, which in turn could help foster continuing research and, ultimately, a cure.