Family & Relationships
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Losing Us
A Dementia Caregiver's Journey by Rosella M. Leslie
Losing Us: A Dementia Caregiver’s Journey, is a candid, compassionate and sometimes humorous memoir of Author Rosella Leslie’s heartbreaking struggles and triumphs during her twelve years as her husband’s primary caregiver. It is also an informal ...
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Surviving the System
Nine Siblings tell their Stories in Foster Care by Doreen Frenette
Surviving the System: Nine Siblings Tell Their Foster Care Stories is an important and necessary memoir that leads the reader through the harrowing—and often horrific—experiences of these siblings who were removed from their home in northern New ...
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You Don't Fall Out of the Universe
Surviving the loss of our son by B. J. Jewett
A hybrid of memoir and poetry, You Don’t Fall Out of the Universe navigates what one family endures before and after the unimaginable loss of a son. With quiet moments of heartache and resilience, Jewett shows the strength in being vulnerable. If ...
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Siren, On Repeat
What My Best Friend's Death Taught Me About Hope and Grief by Patti Kimball
Patti Kimball learned about grief early in life. At the age of fourteen, her best friend Aprile died suddenly from a congenital heart condition. Aprile was a light in Patti’s life and a pillar of her community; she was brave, kind, and sensitive to ...
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Lost & Found
by Frank H. McLean
How does childhood abuse and trauma continue to resonate through one’s life? How can one find the road to healing? These are the difficult questions explored in Lost & Found, the moving debut memoir of author Frank H. McLean. As he grew up in the ...
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Short Story Poems
Written in Rhythm and Rhyme by David Dwight
This inspiring collection of rhyming poems and lyrical stories takes us on a journey through the author’s life as he experiences love, marriage, heartbreak, and fatherhood. Looking back from the perspective of an older man, David celebrates the ...
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Parenting with Peace and Presence
Ten Powerful Practices to Help You Manage the Challenges and Cherish the Joys of Parenting by Nicole St. Arnaud
“Parenting continually asks us for more: more stamina, more patience, more wisdom.” In Parenting with Peace and Presence, long-time yoga practitioner Nicole St. Arnaud offers practical, supportive skills to help parents manage the challenges of ...
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Joanie
by Elizabeth Deveau
In 1942, a bewildered six-year-old Joan Crabb and her siblings find themselves wards of the Loyal True Blue and Orange Orphanage in Richmond Hill, Ontario. For seven challenging years, they support one another through the strong bonds of familial ...
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The Wrinkly Ranch
Unbelievably funny, shocking and poignant anecdotes of life and work in Long-Term Care by Tristan Squire-Smith
“God’s Waiting Room, Geezer Glen, Catheter Flats, the Wrinkly Ranch . . . whatever euphemistic pet name you have for long-term care homes, the overall sentiment remains the same: it’s the last stop. But is all hope lost? Is there no joy? ...
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The Adventures of the Soul Sistas
or How the Sisters Changed the World by Newton Vanriel
Charm and Dawn are soul sistas from the heart. They share everything and have the best adventures on their Spirit family farm. When their parents, Alexandra and Nathan, adopted them from birth—first Charm, then Dawn—the two girls were by each ...
