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UNTANGLING: THE LONG COMPLICATED PROCESS OF DYING WITH ALZHEIMER’S (Chapter 38)

From helping five friends die, I'd come to believe that there was a process as...
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FACING THE ENEMY: HOW A NAZI YOUTH CAMP IN AMERICA written by Barbara Krasner

Barbara Krasner's FACING THE ENEMY: HOW A NAZI YOUTH CAMP IN AMERICA not only showed...
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 THE CACOPHONY OF BONE: THE CIRCLE OF A YEAR written and read by Kerri Ni Dochartaigh

Kerri Ní Dochartaigh's THE CACOPHONY OF BONE: THE CIRCLE OF A YEAR shows winter's loneliness...
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FOX HAS A PROBLEM written and illustrated by Corey R. Tabor

Corey R. Tabor proves again in FOX HAS A PROBLEM that he has an engaging...
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THE CONCRETE GARDEN written and illustrated by Bob Graham

Bob Graham's THE CONCRETE GARDEN celebrates the creativity, collaboration and the magic children create with...
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THE WINDEBY PUZZLE: HISTORY AND STORY written by Lois Lowry

Anyone who wants a behind the scenes insights of what a true writer goes through...
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Untangling: Dementia Spending(Chapter 37)

Though managing daily events like pill taking from long distance eased when my mother entered...
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THE BLOOD YEARS written by Elana K. Arnold

Elana K. Arnold's THE BLOOD YEARS has a different setting than any WWII novel I've...
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WHAT THE RIVER KNOWS written by Isabel Ibanez, read by Ana Osorio

Whether you listen to Ana Osorio narrate or read Isabel Ibanez’s WHAT THE RIVER KNOWS,...
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 TWO WOMEN WALK INTO A BAR written and read by Cheryl Strayed

Unbelievably Cheryl Strayed packs poignancies from her past into a 51 minute memoir that remembers...