Alice Jones’s Cadence of Vanishing is a meditative memoir in the form of diary entries in which many of the passages have the delicate feel of poetry. This is a penetrating exploration of the inner life of a poet through perceptive observations of the ordinary, reminiscent of Lydia Davis. It is an experience to be savored.  
— THOMAS OGDEN

As it happens I began reading this memoir on Veterans Day, on the official Monday holiday that now obscures the memories themselves — painful events replaced by sales and ceremonies. What Alice Jones has to offer through this work is a searing, searching memorializing, informed by professional medical competence and further formed by her poet’s ear and eye and nerve. This entire document is a faceted poem consisting of physical and emotional events adding up to a life lived fully consciously, fully aware of oblivion awaiting us but a living determination to hold onto the knowledge and even wisdom also lying in wait.
— BIN RAMKE

A mesmerizing blend of memory, imagination, adventure, poetry, and, yes, medicine, this remarkable book takes us to intriguing geo-cultural terrains and introduces us to many endearing characters as they traverse through life, illness, old age, and death. In both its organization and language, the discourse is simultaneously earthy and erudite, sparse and stylish, and idiomatic and poetic. Short quotes from the world literature, author’s own poems, a few photographs, and psychoanalytic insights are sprinkled throughout the book and make its reading a sensually sumptuous experience. Jones’s book depicts memoir writing at its poignant and literary best! 
— SALMAN AKHTAR

ALICE JONES is a poet, physician and psychoanalyst, and the author of seven award-winning books of poetry.