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Alzheimer’s Association. (2016). What is Alzheimer’s? Retrieved from http://www.alz.org/alzheimers_disease_what_is_alzheimers.asp

The Alzheimer’s association website provides basic information about the Alzheimer’s disease, symptoms, effects on the brain, and the progress of its research. It is a useful source to learn about the disease. Another important link on this website is the major milestones in Alzheimer’s and brain research. It lists the key areas of the disease that have been defined so far through research. This source has been referenced in the historical context section.

CBC Player. (2010, October). “Tangles: Alzheimer’s, My Mother, & Me” memoirist Sarah Leavitt (Interview) The Next Chapter. [Quote]. Retrieved from http://www.cbc.ca/player/play/1627182425

CBC Radio-Canada offers its services throughout the country by providing information and entertainment to the Canadians. There is a podcast available on the website where Sarah Leavitt talks about her memoir when it was initially published in 2010. The author shares the importance of documenting her mother’s illness as notes and sketches. This audio source provides useful content about Leavitt’s emotions towards her mother. The viewers would have appreciated more if the interview was videotaped instead of being recorded as a podcast. Lastly, there is an image from the CBC website on the media appearances and interviews section.

Godman, H. (2013, December 9). A brief history of Alzheimer’s disease. Retrieved from http://www.healthline.com/health-slideshow/alzheimers-history#2

Healthline offers expert opinion which can guide people for the best health outcome. Its website presents a slideshow of a brief history of Alzheimer’s disease and its major discoveries. This is another useful source for anyone to learn about the disease. There are references to this in the historical context section.

Huffington Post. (n.d.). Tangles. [Image]. Retrieved from http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sarah-leavitt/author-i-dealt-with-grief_b_1478864.html?slideshow=true#gallery/224579/9

The Huffington Post presents a slideshow of Sarah Leavitt’ family and significant images from the memoir, Tangles. A picture of Leavitt with her mother during her illness is included in the early and adult life section. This is a good source to see photographs of Leavitt’s family and work.

Leavitt, S. (2010). ''Tangles: A story about Alzheimer’s, My Mother and Me.'' Calgary, Alberta: Freehand Books.

This is the memoir, Tangles, and it includes memories of Sarah Leavitt’s mother dealing with Alzheimer’s. There are several scenes referenced from the memoir as examples in the biographical and contextual information section. There are no weaknesses.

McCullough, J. (2012, March). Interview with Sarah Leavitt. Retrieved from http://www.jjmccullough.com/index.php/interview-with-sarah-leavitt/

This website has posted an interview of Sarah Leavitt conducted by VanCAF webcomic in March 2012. Leavitt answered questions like how her family reacted on her book, Tangles, what is her educational background, where did she spent her childhood, etc. This source provided excellent information as it presented the author’s personal views instead of media’s views. The website however, should have released the entire interview since there were some good insightful questions proposed to Sarah Leavitt.

Sarah Leavitt. (n.d.). About. Retrieved from http://sarahleavitt.com/about/

Sarah Leavitt’s official website provides her background information, career and some latest news from the media. This source is used to elaborate on her adult life, career, and book reviews. The website’s news tab lists the successful stories of her first book in different parts of the world. There are several good reviews on the site from many newspaper companies, magazines, and authors. Most of the images are taken from this source to provide a visual to the readers. Overall, this source has a lot of in-depth information and there are no weaknesses.

University of British Columbia. (2016). Sarah Leavitt. Retrieved from http://creativewriting.ubc.ca/program-information/faculty-staff/sarah-leavitt/

The University of British Columbia’s (UBC) Faculty of Arts page lists Sarah Leavitt as a lecturer of creative writing courses. The website provides specific names of the courses that she teaches. There is also a brief background and career information of Leavitt. The creative writing courses are mentioned in the careers, works, and awards section. The purpose of this source is to present information about UBC’s faculty and staff. Thus, there are no weaknesses.